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outskirt

[ out-skurt ]
/ ˈaʊtˌskɜrt /
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noun

Often outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
Usually outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like: the outskirts of respectability.

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Origin of outskirt

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + skirt

Words nearby outskirt

outsight, outsing, out sister, outsit, outsize, outskirt, outskirts, outsleep, outsmart, outsoar, outsold
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Words related to outskirt

periphery, environs, vicinity, suburb, edge, limit, purlieu, boundary, border, outpost, sticks, purlieus, suburbia

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