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

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)

One day an excursionist swam far out over the breakers.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul

"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