outskirt
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.
Usually outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like: the outskirts of respectability.
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How to use outskirt in a sentence
We resided at Derby in a terrace on the outskirt of the town, much to my dislike, for monotonous rows of houses I have ever hated.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowParings from that outskirt, what are these compared with Silesia, a horrid gash into the vital parts?
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleYoung Donald, in his homespun tartan, stood on the outskirt of the little crowd that surrounded her, listening.
Stories from the Ballads | Mary MacGregorIn this way I worked along until I was beyond the northern outskirt of the town.
The Exploits Of Brigadier Gerard | Arthur Conan Doyleoutskirt, owt′skėrt, n. the outer skirt: border: suburb—often used in pl.
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