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outskirt

[out-skurt]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. 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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Antoine is an architect who lives on the outskirts of Paris, and has benefitted from the changes.

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A man who identified himself only as Francisco, because he was undocumented and feared deportation, said he has been working as a taquero on the outskirts of downtown for over a year.

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In the spring of 1894, a nationwide railroad strike, spreading out from the outskirts of Chicago, paralyzed freight and passenger rail traffic up and down California.

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Police officers on Thursday were seen holding pitchforks as they combed land in the area on the outskirts of the municipality of Lagos and some used pick-axes and shovels to dig some of the undergrowth.

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At a processing facility on the outskirts of town workers kitted out in white suits, hairnets, facemasks, and blue plastic gloves and boots prepare fresh and smoked salmon for export to the US and Japan.

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