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
No excursionist will take a seaside holiday in the north without wishing to see the Farne Islands for the sake of her who has done so much to make them famous.
From Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands by Hope, Eva
An excursion party has just arrived, but this occurs, sometimes, several times in a day,—for Nantasket is a Mecca to the excursionist.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3 by Various
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 Seaman, Owen, Sir
