excursionist

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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

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

We have said that there were some remarkable caves at this place, which had long been objects of interest to the traveller and excursionist.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay

"I don't mean an exile from Heaven," I answered: "an excursionist, with a return-ticket."

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel