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outskirt

[ out-skurt ]

noun

  1. Often outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like:

    to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.

  2. Usually outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like:

    the outskirts of respectability.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of outskirt1

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + skirt
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At one, at Woodgate Valley Park, on the outskirts of the city near its border with Worcestershire I witnessed a queue that was more than a mile long.

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The Scottish government has committed to building a new prison to replace Barlinnie on the outskirts of Glasgow.

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Worst affected are the city's outskirts as well as some of its poorest neighbourhoods.

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On the outskirts of the town, Phil Scott knows exactly how devoted Fleming's fan base can be.

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But on the outskirts of Delta, there is a cluster of steel businesses that have been here since the 1990s and which may be better placed in a new era of American protectionism.

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