Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tou-nee]
- /ˈtaʊ ni/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tou-nee]
- /ˈtaʊ ni/
Definitions of townies word
- noun townies a resident of a town, especially a nonstudent resident of a college town. 1
- abbreviation TOWNIES townie. 1
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Origin of townies
First appearance:
before 1820 One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; town + -ie
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Parts of speech for Townies
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
townies popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
townies usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for townies
noun townies
- metropolitans — Plural form of metropolitan.
See also
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