as in cosmopolitan
a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers
with their snotty attitude, the city slickers quickly wore out their welcome
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Recent Examples of city slicker
As modeled by this city slicker, turn to a crochet top for a textured finish.
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Laura Jackson, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Those city slickers are intrigued by Texans.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025
As modeled by this city slicker, turn to a crochet top for a textured finish.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
From New York City and Miami on the eastern seaboard, down south to Nashville, New Orleans, Phoenix and Houston, just below, six hotel spas with unique treatments for city slickers and weary travelers.
—Kate Donnelly, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Laura Jackson, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
Those city slickers are intrigued by Texans.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025
As modeled by this city slicker, turn to a crochet top for a textured finish.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
From New York City and Miami on the eastern seaboard, down south to Nashville, New Orleans, Phoenix and Houston, just below, six hotel spas with unique treatments for city slickers and weary travelers.
—Kate Donnelly, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for city slicker
Recent Examples of Synonyms for city slicker
Noun
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Is whiskey a man’s spirit, while women are only allowed to sip cosmopolitans?—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 May 2025
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The season’s final scene was with Seema (Choudhury) and Carrie drinking cosmopolitans on the beach in Greece.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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How things have changed: My interlocutor was one member of a large and diverse constituency of urban sophisticates who espouse comparable positions, not infrequently in the same gratingly defiant terms.—
Ian Volner,
Artforum,
28 May 2025
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Neither film mentions the pandemic, but both show how a circle of moneyed, urban sophisticates represses feelings about death and anxiety.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 Apr. 2025
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“City slicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/city%20slicker. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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