Gothamite
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Gothamite
C20: from Gotham , a nickname for New York City
Example Sentences
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Bon vivant and wit Seamus O’Sullivan, a longtime staff writer of the Gothamite: Might this be Brendan Gill of the New Yorker?
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2015
While he serenades Manhattan with a smitten rendition of Cole Porter’s “I Happen to Like New York,” he lets us know that even as a Gothamite, he remains an easygoing, outdoors-loving Aussie.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
It sent the luckless Gothamite away just at the time of all others he most wished to remain.
From Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila by King, Charles
As typical of the Gothamite folly is usually quoted the story of the villagers joining hands round a thornbush to shut in a cuckoo so that it would sing all the year.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
"Mr. Beach, let me go down and drive him away,—I can do it," implores Beekman, the pigmy Gothamite.
From From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days by King, Charles
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