furriner
[ fur-uh-ner, fuhr- ]
nounDialect.
a foreigner.
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How to use furriner in a sentence
They ain't noways dumb to each other, I notice; an' we air dumb aourselves when we air ketched with furriners.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonHe hated the "highfalutin" bearing of these "furriners," who carried their chins aloft like masters of creation.
The Code of the Mountains | Charles Neville BuckIt stopped the railroad far down the Cumberland; it sent the "furriners" home, and drove civilization back.
The Last Stetson | John Fox Jr.She's doin' every bit o' th' managin' an' contrivin' wi' them furriners—but he'll never know it.
T. Tembarom | Frances Hodgson BurnettI wonder why honest English girls won't answer the gentry for governesses, instead of them gaping, scheming, wicked furriners?
Uncle Silas | J. S. LeFanu
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