city slicker

Example Sentences

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Mostly that has meant pretending to be a Real American by riding horses, going hunting or driving around in a pick-up to prove they aren’t some effete city slicker.

From Salon

These city slickers will learn to respect the local myths.

From Los Angeles Times

Maybe the most massive quasars are city slickers, forming in hubs of tens or hundreds of other galaxies.

From Salon

The city slickers fed up with rising egg prices have had questions for Samuel Dodds.

From Washington Post

To city slickers, they might seem like the perfect places to put renewable energy — sun-swept fields and windy plains degraded by pesticide use and overgrazing, practically crying out for a second economic life.

From Los Angeles Times