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
Pedestrian trips are very fatiguing in Tahiti, since it is so richly watered that the excursionist is constantly obliged to wade through plains of sand and rivers.
From A Woman's Journey Round the World by Pfeiffer, Ida
But no route at present offers more favourable or exhilarating opportunities to the high-minded excursionist than the main Gath road from Scrapston to Kinlarry.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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.
