furriner
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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As I was bendin' a hook one day A furriner* strawled along the kay.
From Project Gutenberg
As the principal was showing him over the place, a girl passed through the library, and the "furriner" was presented.
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In the backwoods mining settlements of "Bloody Harlan" County, the mountaineers did not take kindly to the "furriner" with the citified manners and precise diction.
From Time Magazine Archive
If this country were run on the sole principles which motivate Pat McCarran and Joe McCarthy, no self-respecting "furriner" would want to get in.
From Time Magazine Archive
“A furriner come ter town yistidday, an’ sot out straightway acrost Hemlock Mountain fer old Cappeze’s dwellin’ house.”
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