excursionist
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On the turns, to save damage to his boat's lightweight hull, Driver Jones slowed down like a Sunday excursionist.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
And so I took advantage of the visit to Washington of two friends on business to see Washington hastily, as an excursionist pure and simple.
From Your United States Impressions of a first visit by Arnold Bennett
"I don't know's I want to harbor him all winter," answered the excursionist frankly, striking into a good traveling gait as she started off toward the railroad station.
From Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists by Margaret Ashmun
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
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