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furriner

American  
[fur-uh-ner, fuhr-] / ˈfɜr ə nər, ˈfʌr- /

noun

Dialect.
  1. a foreigner.


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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

As I was bendin' a hook one day A furriner* strawled along the kay.

From Cornish Catches and Other Verses by Bernard Moore

I hevn't said nuthin' to yer dad, fer fear o' his harmin' the furriner; but I hev seed that ye like him, an' hit's time now fer me to meddle.

From A Mountain Europa by John Fox

Well, he air as accommodatin' a feller as I ever see, ef he air a furriner.

From A Mountain Europa by John Fox

The L.D.W.'s are gentle and gay, and they love Dan'l and "Angerleek" even if she is "a furriner," and they sigh that the Deacon is "a good man, but ha'ad."

From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell

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