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Definition of Towny
1. Noun. Resident of a college town not affiliated with the college.
Definition of Towny
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of townie) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Towny
1. townie [n TOWNIES] - See also: townie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Towny
Literary usage of Towny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Welsh Settlement of Pennsylvania by Charles Henry Browning (1912)
"... mercer, owner of the good shipp called the William Galley, now residing in
the river of towny, of the one part, and "David Powell, of the parish of ..."
2. Early English Miscellanies: In Prose and Verse by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1855)
"To make towny water; take rede, and lay hyt on ... and let hit dry, and if thi
rede be gode, thy towny ..."
3. What I Think of South Africa: Its People and Its Politics by Stuart C. Cumberland (1896)
"If, in outward appearance, Kimberley is not particularly "towny," its inhabitants
are distinctly of the " towny" species. ..."
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