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

Paul was surprised at the liberal present, but quickly recovering, he said to the departing excursionist: "Hold on, my friend, you are forgetting something."

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul

I've been educating the taste of one excursionist this morning, a good-faced workman, who was prying about everywhere with a curious air, and said he never'd been on an excursion before.

From Their Pilgrimage by Warner, Charles Dudley

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 Bennett, Arnold