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1
as in native
a usually longtime resident of a locality
the townies are dismayed that all the venerable manses around the village green are being bought as vacation homes by rich interlopers
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2
as in citizen
a person who lives in a town on a permanent basis
the university board met with an association representing the townies to figure out a solution to the problems created by off-campus parties
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Director Richard Linklater feared that McConaughey was too good-looking for the creepy townie who refused to grow up, but the tiny role bloomed into something special when the 22-year-old no-name stepped on the set.
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Jeff Labrecque, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2024
Customers at the gas station mart still talk about how townies would fish in the Gulf on warm days, and the women who work alongside Smith tell old stories about people who are long gone.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
Nothing made Harvard’s contempt for townies clearer than the Fogg’s $20-a-head admission tab.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
Production designer Craig Lathrop, a Robert Eggers regular, recreates the merciless grimness of winter in New England among its malcontent townies.
—Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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Jeff Labrecque, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2024
Customers at the gas station mart still talk about how townies would fish in the Gulf on warm days, and the women who work alongside Smith tell old stories about people who are long gone.
—Nidhi Sharma, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
Nothing made Harvard’s contempt for townies clearer than the Fogg’s $20-a-head admission tab.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Dec. 2023
Production designer Craig Lathrop, a Robert Eggers regular, recreates the merciless grimness of winter in New England among its malcontent townies.
—Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
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“Townie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/townie. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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