Gothamite
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Gothamite
C20: from Gotham , a nickname for New York City
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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
On his native heath he accosted a venerable old chap of some eighty years, who proved to be the very person the Gothamite sought to answer certain inquiries concerning the place.
From Best Short Stories by Thomas L. Masson
“The solemn-looking Gothamite who came with them must have slipped out.”
From Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters by Charles King
As the Montanan’s rope slithered suddenly straight ahead from an aim calculated to pick up the steer’s hind hoof for a fall, the Gothamite spurred his mount and cut directly across it.
From Lonesome Town by Ethel Dorrance
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