Rural-urban transition area

• Part of town public steers clear of
• Surrounding areas
• Unfashionable garments for the suburbs
• City's periphery
• City fringes

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the outskirts of a city (= the edge ) ▪ There were several bombings on the outskirts of the city. the outskirts/edge of a town ▪ It was six o'clock when she reached the outskirts of the town. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ...

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Outskirts is the 1987 debut album by Blue Rodeo . The singles "Try" and "Rose-Coloured Glasses" were hits for the band in their native Canada , where "Outskirts" and "Rebel" also made the singles charts. To mark the 25th anniversary of the album, Blue Rodeo ...

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n. outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"