city slicker

English

Noun

city slicker (plural city slickers)

(colloquial) One accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle or unsuited to life in the country.
Synonyms: urbanite, urban dweller, townie

Look at the city slicker pulling up in his fancy German car.

Translations

one accustomed to urban living

Czech: měšťák (cs) m
French: citadin (fr) m
German: Großstädter (de) m, Heimscheißer (de) m (offensive)
Italian: gente di città
Polish: mieszczuch (pl) (offensive), mieszczanin (pl) m, mieszczanka (pl) f
Spanish: citadino (es) m, urbanita m or f

Further reading

“city slicker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
“city slicker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“city slicker”, in Collins English Dictionary.
“city slicker” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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