Crossword clues for townie
townie
- Urban type
- Permanent resident, maybe
- Permanent resident
- Oberlin native, to an Oberlin student
- Nonstudent resident of a college burg
- Non-academic resident
- New Haven local
- Native New Havenite, to an Eli
- Local academic community resenter, perhaps
- He's from around here
- Full-time resident of a college community
- College area resident
- Off-campus nonstudent
- Nonuniversity type
- College party crasher, maybe
- Off-campus local
- Local noncollegian, to a collegian
- College-area local
- Community resident not affiliated with its local college
- Resident of a college town not affiliated with the college
- Bind private parts for Reading resident, say
- Local, to a collegian
- Many an off-campus local
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also townee "townsman, one raised in a town," 1827, often opposed to the university students or circus workers who were just passing through, from town + -ie.
Wiktionary
alt. 1 (context UK US English) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. 2 (context US English) A person born and raised in an area of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. 3 (context UK English) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. 4 (context UK English) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person. 5 (context UK pejorative English) A chav. 6 (context US English) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area. 7 (context Australia New Zealand informal English) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook. n. 1 (context UK US English) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university. 2 (context US English) A person born and raised in an area of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage. 3 (context UK English) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. 4 (context UK English) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person. 5 (context UK pejorative English) A chav. 6 (context US English) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area. 7 (context Australia New Zealand informal English) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
WordNet
n. resident of a college town not affiliated with the college [syn: towny]
Wikipedia
Townie, Eponym of the residents of a town
Townie may refer to:
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Townie, a term commonly used in university towns to refer to residents not affiliated with the university
- It can also refer to a fraternity member who lives outside the fraternity building; e.g., in the college dorms or an apartment.
- Townie, an urban youth or a form of Chav, but without the anti-social behavior associated with that term
- Townie, a type of bicycle
- Townie handlebars of bicycles
- Townie is the mascot for East Providence High School
- Townie is also a slang term for a resident of St John's or surrounding communities in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada, as opposed to a "Bayman" who hails from more rural areas.
- Townie, a lifelong resident of Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts. It is also used in the Greater Boston area to denote anyone who is a lifelong resident of a specific town, city, or neighborhood.
- " The Townie", Gossip Girl episode
- Townies, 1996 American situation comedy
- Mitsubishi Towny car
- Towney Lock, Berkshire
- "Townie", an autobiography by Andre Dubus III
Usage examples of "townie".
Gary gives you any shit, ask him how long it took to clean the barf off the Octopus after letting a townie ride when his face was puke green.
When I was eating bacon and eggs at the cook shack, I did ask if anybody had seen anybody wandering about after closing time, but other than Handsome Harry claiming that two townie women had snuck into his trailer for a night of humping and thumping, nobody had.
If what that townie daddy had said was true, and if there really was a stiff under the lot, it was going to get covered up with houses and streets and such before too long.
Monday after Labor Day, the unofficial start of townie summer, and most of the insufferable New Yorkers are gone.
Abe said, pushing her at the enthralled townie, and diving after Hellboy.
Barney stayed back, sharing no more than a deep sigh with the old townie until after his brother, the girl, and the freak rounded the side of the rundown colonial.
Harry was wringing his hands and shouting warnings from the sidelines, and the oversized trouper, Tor, had two of the other townies by their collars.
He strode past loitering townies along the midway and entered the pad room where the troupers dressed and prepared for their entrance.
townies often accused troupers of double-dealing, but the townies were just as good at playing false.
Circus folk never stood up well against townies, let alone prominent ones.
They knew the wisdom of strategic retreat when townies became hostile.
One of the sideshow talkers arrived to herd the townies to the next attraction and on to the big tent for the show.
He waited by himself at the edge of the lot until the stream of townies emerging from the big top heralded the end of the show.
She and her partner Junebug had themselves a sweet setup, selling lemonade and foot-long hot dogs to the townies at their grab joint, and their Coachman trailer was as big as some apartments.
By the time she was done, I knew how to tell which townies had money in their pockets and which ones had less than I did.