excursionist
Example Sentences
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On the turns, to save damage to his boat's lightweight hull, Driver Jones slowed down like a Sunday excursionist.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the Ontario liquor stores actually opened, however, it quickly became obvious that an "excursionist," unless roped, hog-tied and branded as such, could not possibly be distinguished from a "tourist."
From Time Magazine Archive
He had lived in London all his days, but knew much less of it than the country excursionist.
From The Quest of the Simple Life by Dawson, William J.
"I don't mean an exile from Heaven," I answered: "an excursionist, with a return-ticket."
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
I shall live in hopes of going back some-day and seeing Billings properly—as a visiting Chamber of Commerce booster or a Rotary excursionist, or something equally sans reproche.
From Down the Yellowstone by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
