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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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of outskirt1

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + skirt
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The 23-year-old was out knocking doors in a quiet residential area on the outskirts of Milwaukee on Monday, a day before voters were set to cast their ballots.

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The 70-year-old lives in a small mud house on the outskirts of Quetta, not far from a symbolic graveyard dedicated to the missing.

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The body of Mr Low was discovered in the Pitillie area on the outskirts of Aberfeldy, three days before he would have turned 66.

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In a village on the outskirts of Baniyas, our team came across a small group of men who had cautiously returned to check on their homes and shops.

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He went missing after attending a meeting on the outskirts of Grenoble.

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