excursionist
Example Sentences
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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
He wore the pepper-and-salt suit which distinguishes the country excursionist taking the day off in London.
From The Man Who Knew by Wallace, Edgar
The South-Eastern Railway Company have laid their iron hand on Hythe, and its old-world stillness is already on Bank Holidays and other bleak periods of the passing year broken by the babble of the excursionist.
From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir
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 Ward, Maisie
