city-born
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of city-born
Example Sentences
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Liza, his city-born wife who is new to the neo-plantation, once rides out to the woods where the field hands live in abject squalor.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2018
Agricultural schools have more city-born students than farm-bred ones.
From Time Magazine Archive
Many a city-born G.I. has yearned for a postwar farm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Boy is city-born and city-bred, and a day in the country is better than a thousand in street and park.
From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion
No," said Wyllard; "at least, they show no sign of it, and some of them and the city-born Canadians are, I think, the salt of this earth.
From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus
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