townie
pronunciation
How to pronounce townie in British English:
UK [ˈtaʊni]
How to pronounce townie in American English:
US [ˈtaʊni]
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- Noun:
- resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
Word Origin
- townie (n.)
- also townee "townsman, one raised in a town," 1827, often opposed to the university students or circus workers who were just passing through, from town + -ie.
Example
- 1. On dynamical mechanism of townie country in china .
- 2. I thought you were missing , like that townie .
- 3. This townie isn 't bothering you , right ?
- 4. With promises of 50 jars of homemade honey a year they hope to tempt the busy townie who dreams of the good life .
- 5. On the basis of analyzing the present situation of townie garbage disposing in china and principle , the author believes that we can really resolve townie garbage problems through developing townie garbage industry .