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outskirt

[ out-skurt ]

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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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Word History and Origins

Origin of outskirt¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + skirt

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“All the characters we’ve explored are people that are kind of forgotten, on the outskirts.”

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Israel's military chief has said it struck "operatives" who attacked civilians from the Druze community on the outskirts of Damascus, after an outbreak of sectarian violence that has reportedly killed more than 40 people.

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There is a huge bonfire on the outskirts of the city planned for Wednesday evening.

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When the opposition reached the outskirts of the city of Homs, Hajjo, fearing the main road to Damascus would be cut, pulled the plug.

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At one, at Woodgate Valley Park, on the outskirts of the city near its border with Worcestershire I witnessed a queue that was more than a mile long.

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