Gothamite

/ ˈɡɒθəˌmaɪt /

noun

C20: from Gotham , a nickname for New York City

Every Gothamite loved that phrase, "our city," and Mrs. Snograss dwelt on the words with the nicest shade of mimicry.

The solemn-looking Gothamite who came with them must have slipped out.

It sent the luckless Gothamite away just at the time of all others he most wished to remain.

Two others turn upon wrong responses at a christening and a marriage, which have certainly nothing Gothamite in them.

In another version a man goes to market with two bags of cheese, and sends them downhill, like the Gothamite.

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