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city limit

n. the limits of the area occupied by a city or town [syn: city limits]

Usage examples of "city limit".

But when she passed the Prescott city limit sign, when houses became closer together, forming actual streets and neighborhoods, when the tall pine and hardwood forests gave way to service stations and convenience stores, she felt an aching tension begin to grow in her.

Then, at the eastern city limit, they accelerated up to sixty-five and roared out of sight.

On the Via de' Gori side the Medici palace had used the wall of the second city limit as a foundation.

We left our rented skycycles at the Downtown city limit and boarded a pedwalk.

This was near the city limit where the cities are snarling over jurisdiction.

Just outside Tampeta's city limit, well out toward Lakeland, Jay the Pinellas Fair Ground.

Before he reached the Shotgun City limit sign and the end of the city's long tunnel, he'd sneezed half a dozen times.

Tom Thumb's was a bar on South Virginia, a couple of miles past the city limit.