excursionist

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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

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

It looks like a dark-colored cup with a ragged margin, and may be seen by the excursionist in the spring on the roadside.

From Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners by Dallas, Ellen M.

Just then a wave breaks over him, and more like a drowned excursionist than an American pilot this little man is hauled on board.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry