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

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

"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

No literary excursionist who has travelled to look at it has ever regretted his journey.

From Dr. Johnson and His Circle by Bailey, John Cann