city slicker
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Mostly that has meant pretending to be a Real American by riding horses, going hunting or driving around in a pick-up to prove they aren’t some effete city slicker.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2025
The city slicker in the paddock wiping manure off his shoe was Mohammed “Mo” Amer, the Palestinian-Texan comedian behind Netflix‘s acclaimed comedy “Mo.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
I’m gay, and I’m Black, and I’m a city slicker with no children.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 26, 2022
A couple times a year, some city slicker with impeccable elite-media credentials whispers to me: What do you think of Theo Von?
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
Being a city slicker, he’d no doubt turn tail and beat it back to Terre Haute when we started bleeding out the first hog.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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