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excursionist

[ik-skur-zhuh-nist, -shuh-] / ɪkˈskɜr ʒə nɪst, -ʃə- /


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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

On the turns, to save damage to his boat's lightweight hull, Driver Jones slowed down like a Sunday excursionist.

From Time Magazine Archive

An excursion party has just arrived, but this occurs, sometimes, several times in a day,—for Nantasket is a Mecca to the excursionist.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3 by Various

I've been educating the taste of one excursionist this morning, a good-faced workman, who was prying about everywhere with a curious air, and said he never'd been on an excursion before.

From Their Pilgrimage by Warner, Charles Dudley

No literary excursionist who has travelled to look at it has ever regretted his journey.

From Dr. Johnson and His Circle by Bailey, John Cann




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