Townie

Definition

townee /taƱ'ni:/ (also townie /'taƱni/) n ( derog ) (ေက်းလက္ လူေနမႈဘဝကို မသိေသာ) ၿမိဳ႕ႀကီးသား။

Examples

1. ‘I think at the moment the spin merchants and townies are trying to push the countryside that bit too far.’
2. ‘This is the simple aspect of the proposed plan that is lost on townies who know only concrete
3. Tarmac and a town park.’
4. ‘We have heard that the business consortium want to dictate to the county board
5. that they are all townies and are trying to seize control on behalf of the town clubs
6. that it is only the senior footballers that they are interested in.’
7. ‘A growing number of townies have been phoning Sarah at her home in Milford on Sea to book a stress-busting session at her riding school.’
8. ‘He's stuck in a pebble-dashed council house on the edge while townies occupy the cottage that his grandparents once lived in.’
9. ‘Fed up with annoying townies blathering on about the countryside?’
10. ‘Lots of townies and people with a couple of acres are buying hens
11. just to have them milling around their feet.’
12. ‘I live in the country (well before all the townies moved in) and I'm fully aware that foxes need controlling
13. they are in the main mangy diseased creatures and I'm fully aware that banning hunting with dogs won't save the life of a single fox.’
14. ‘The 1960s were full of ballrooms of no chance
15. lacquered townies and long stepping country men who came looking for their hearts delights under fat Harvest moons.’
16. ‘It was only the incoming townies who ever kicked up about it.’
17. ‘It's a typical case of townies trying to tell people how to run the countryside.’
18. ‘Not all small communities see the benefits
19. however
20. and the taverns of Port McNeill have seen heated arguments between pro-farming townies and anti-farming islanders.’
21. ‘In recent weeks
22. he has sneered and jeered and delighted in telling pro-hunting country people to submit to the will of the townies in banning the hunt and sentencing tens of thousands of hounds to death.’
23. ‘There are many townies who do not survive such trials but there are also many who doggedly remain
24. and at last there are new magazines and organisations that offer support - and much needed advice.’
25. ‘Outdoor activities are the main theme
26. just as you would expect given the particularly rugged beauty of the surrounding countryside
27. making it ideal for townies who need a couple of days away from the city.’
28. ‘If
29. as promised
30. they throng through the streets of London when the ban comes into force in February
31. any civil disobedience will only harden the attitudes of the liberal townies whose routines they will be disrupting.’
32. ‘People like them will never be rural dwellers
33. just townees with a house in the country.’
34. ‘When asked about the 92% that are vehemently opposed to the proposition
35. she declares them all to be trouble makers
36. Luddites
37. townies
38. misty eyed liberals - or suffering from Mad Cow disease.’
39. ‘In Britain
40. we have townies and country folk
41. northerners and southerners
42. but Spain has 17 distinct regions
43. each with its own food
44. festivals and politics.’
45. ‘Having conveniently forgotten our vows never to return
46. we showed off our still-attached limbs
47. teaching the mix of students and townies the art of disco-dancing.’