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

“We hardly keep country hours here, sir,” she said, “on account of so much excursionist business.”

From Man and Maid by Nesbit, E. (Edith)

No excursionist will take a seaside holiday in the north without wishing to see the Farne Islands for the sake of her who has done so much to make them famous.

From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva

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)