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city slicker

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city slicker noun
plural city slickers
city slicker
noun
plural city slickers
Learner's definition of CITY SLICKER
[count] informal + often disapproving
: someone who lives in a city and does not understand what life outside a city is like(对城外生活一无所知的)城里人,城市佬

city slicker

noun

Example Sentences

city slickers who've never seen a real farm with their snotty attitude, the city slickers quickly wore out their welcome
Recent Examples on the Web Yet despite this, rural Africans are more likely to vote than city slickers, by 77% to 67%. The Economist, 22 Feb. 2020 Another big Texas ranch has traded but the buyer isn’t the usually city slicker or wannabe cowboy. Steve Brown, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2020 Metal-head friends Wayne and Garth sell their basement cable-access TV show to a city slicker. Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019 More than one city slicker has been awestruck when gazing up at thousands of twinkling lights.15. Ginger Dingus, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2020 Metal-head friends Wayne and Garth sell their basement cable-access TV show to a city slicker. Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019 The ace gunfighter Tom Doniphon, played by John Wayne, scoffs at him for being a city slicker who doesn’t understand how things work out here on the frontier, and advises him to get a gun. Kyle Smith, National Review, 25 Nov. 2019 Pat Tyler’s homespun frocks, as well as smart suits for the city slickers of Asheville, mesh beautifully with the warp and woof of the people of bluegrass country. Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2019 Next to the country bumpkin, the city slicker comes up short. Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of city slicker was in 1914

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