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
Every patriotic Gothamite, therefore, should rejoice at each successive indication of an improvement in architectural taste amongst us.
From Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman by Stone, William L. (William Leete)
Gothamite, goth′a-mīt, Gothamist, goth′a-mist, n. a simpleton: a wiseacre.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Every Gothamite loved that phrase, "our city," and Mrs. Snograss dwelt on the words with the nicest shade of mimicry.
From The ghosts of their ancestors by Mills, Weymer Jay
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