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)

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

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.