furriner
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
Ole Tom jes knowed t'other furriner had tol' this un 'bout Abe, an,' shore 'nough, the feller says, sorter soft, says he: "Aw, you air the feller whut foun' the ore?"
From Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories by John Fox
This hyar furriner 'lows ter ride over ter Cyrus Spradlin's dwellin' house.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
As I was bendin' a hook one day A furriner* strawled along the kay.
From Cornish Catches and Other Verses by Bernard Moore
Some feller finds a streak o' ore on ole Tom Perkins' land, an' racks his jinny down to town, an' tells a furriner thar, an' Tom comes might' nigh sellin' the land fer nothin'.
From Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories by John Fox
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