different between townee vs townie
townee
English
Noun
townee (plural townees)
- Alternative form of townie
Anagrams
- Weeton
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townie
English
Alternative forms
- townee
Etymology
town +? -ie
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?ni/
- Rhymes: -a?ni
Noun
townie (plural townies)
- (Britain, US) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
- (US) A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage.
- (Britain) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.
- (Britain) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
- (Britain, derogatory) A chav.
- (US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
- (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
- 2002, Graeme Davison, Rural Sustainability in Historical Perspective, Chris Cocklin, Jacqui Dibden (editors), Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia, University Of New South Wales Press, page 40,
- In the 1940?s, a social survey of Victorian country towns found a similar gap between the interests and outlooks of farmers and townies, and an underlying fear on the part of the townsfolk.
- 2005, Marc Brodie, Chapter 9: The Politics of Rural Nostalgia between the Wars, Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie (editors), Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth-Century Australia, page 9.9,
- In that sense, the townies, not the farmers, were the inheritors of a pioneer capacity for hard work.
- 2008, Jim Sharman, Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir, Melbourne University Publishing, page 18,
- Earlier, there would probably have been a grudge match between two townies, or locals.
- 2002, Graeme Davison, Rural Sustainability in Historical Perspective, Chris Cocklin, Jacqui Dibden (editors), Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia, University Of New South Wales Press, page 40,
Synonyms
- (chav): See synonyms at chav.
Antonyms
- (person who lives in a city or town or has an urban outlook): cocky ("farmer")
See also
- barnie
- Town and gown on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- twonie
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