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city slicker
noun as in (offensive) sophisticated city person
Example Sentences
Maybe the most massive quasars are city slickers, forming in hubs of tens or hundreds of other galaxies.
The city slickers fed up with rising egg prices have had questions for Samuel Dodds.
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.
Like a vengeful villain in a Western movie, city slicker Trump targeted Cheney in the Wyoming Republican primary.
Your character’s been described simply as a “city slicker.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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