Manhattanite
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Manhattanite
Example Sentences
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Manhattanite Alexis Candee said with those prices, she can make four drinks for the price of one cocktail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Though she spent part of her childhood in New Jersey and attended the Buxton School in Williamstown, Mass., Ms. Mackler was a die-hard Manhattanite.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
For Manhattanite Josh Spodek, that has meant going without a refrigerator, which he identified as the biggest source of electrical use in his Greenwich Village apartment.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2023
Cuti was exaggerating; every Manhattanite has an emergency ration of leftover Chinese food in the fridge.
From Slate • Nov. 10, 2022
A native Manhattanite, he was one of the country's top investigative reporters for many years before writing his first book, The Rescuer, in 1967.
From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max
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