furriner
Americannoun
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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
"And, Kitty, it's meself looks to you to be kind and patient wid him, for he's a furriner," says she, a kind o' lookin' off.
From Successful Recitations by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
Well, he air as accommodatin' a feller as I ever see, ef he air a furriner.
From A Mountain Europa by John Fox
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