excursionist
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When the Ontario liquor stores actually opened, however, it quickly became obvious that an "excursionist," unless roped, hog-tied and branded as such, could not possibly be distinguished from a "tourist."
From Time Magazine Archive
On the turns, to save damage to his boat's lightweight hull, Driver Jones slowed down like a Sunday excursionist.
From Time Magazine Archive
More than one excursionist has shown himself in that Humphrey Clinker condition which excited the wrath of Count Tabitha.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Just then a wave breaks over him, and more like a drowned excursionist than an American pilot this little man is hauled on board.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss
You will probably guess that as far as personal taste and instincts are concerned, I share all your antipathy to the noisy Plebian excursionist.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward
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