city-born
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of city-born
Example Sentences
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Liza, his city-born wife who is new to the neo-plantation, once rides out to the woods where the field hands live in abject squalor.
From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2018
Many a city-born G.I. has yearned for a postwar farm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Agricultural schools have more city-born students than farm-bred ones.
From Time Magazine Archive
“But I have heard it said that many city-born folks would rather die between brick walls than live amid green fields.”
From Young Auctioneers The Polishing of a Rolling Stone by Stratemeyer, Edward
Of the city-born, 290 or 59.2 percent of the total number of American-born were born in New York City.
From Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by Kneeland, George Jackson
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