excursionist
Example Sentences
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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
One day an excursionist swam far out over the breakers.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Paul Boyton
But no route at present offers more favourable or exhilarating opportunities to the high-minded excursionist than the main Gath road from Scrapston to Kinlarry.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 by Sir Owen Seaman
Here and there, too, are scattered little green islands, set like gems on the bosom of the hushed waters, between which the excursionist, the trader, or the pirate, is wont to steer his course.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Frederick Whymper
