Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - city slicker
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City slicker
city slicker
noun Date: 1924 slicker 2b CITY noun (plural cities) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English citie large or small town, from Anglo-French cite, from Medieval Latin civitat-, civitas, from Latin, citizenship, state, ~ of Rome, from civis citizen — more at hind Date: 13th century 1. a. an inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village b. an incorporated British town usually of major size or importance having the status of an episcopal see c. capitalized (1) the financial district of London (2) the influential financial interests of the British economy d. a usually large or important municipality in the United States governed under a charter granted by the state e. an incorporated municipal unit of the highest class in Canada 2. ~-state 3. the people of a ~ 4. slang a thing, event, or situation that is strongly characterized by a specified quintessential feature or quality the movie was shoot-out ~
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1.
1. неодобр. пройдоха из большого города; гражданин, норовящий обмануть деревенских жителей ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(city slickers) If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life. (INFORMAL) ...the city slickers in the capital. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
~ n someone who lives and works in a city and has no experience of anything outside it ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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