outskirt
Americannoun
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Often outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like.
to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
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Usually outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like.
the outskirts of respectability.
Etymology
Origin of outskirt
Example Sentences
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Camille starts messing with the radio herself as we reach the outskirts of Chicago.
From Literature
As he reached the outskirts of the village, he thought about what Val had said.
From Literature
On the side of a highway on the outskirts of Havana, vendors sell bags of charcoal and makeshift braziers, some fashioned from old washing machine drums.
From Barron's
Whitehall, meanwhile, says he grew up in the “British equivalent of Hinkley Hills” in a town called Putney, on the outskirts of London.
From Los Angeles Times
Like Harry, both Beatrice and Eugenie have now found themselves on the outskirts of the family.
From BBC
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