town dweller

collocation in English

meaningsoftownanddweller

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town
noun
uk
/taʊn/us
/taʊn/
a place where people live and work, containing many houses, shops, places of work, places of entertainment, etc., and usually larger than a village but smaller than ...
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dweller
noun
uk
/ˈdwel.ər/us
/ˈdwel.ɚ/
a person who lives in a city, town, ...
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(Definition oftownanddwellerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The other side of the coin is that the 'city type's' indifference represents a cosmopolitan freedom, which is inaccessible to thetowndweller.
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None of these special allowances are readily available to thetowndwellerbecause in the main public transport is available.
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The visit of thetowndwellerhas not always been clear of unpleasant incidents.
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I believe that thetowndwelleris well looked after by public transport compared with the country dweller.
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In some places you cannot get fresh milk, for it goes to feed thetowndweller.
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But it is no use going to atowndwellerwhose father and grandfather have left the land.
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I would like to draw attention to the case of thetowndweller.
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Atowndwellermight say that one piece of land or one part of the countryside is much like another.
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Notowndwellercould be expected to have that education because he has not grown up with it.
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Remember, that as a human being the things which appeal to thetowndwellerappeal to the same extent to the dweller in the countryside.
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We would all like to see thetowndwellerable to enjoy the sight of the practice of the ancient industry of husbandry.
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A fair price is essential from thetowndwellerand should be given to the producer in our countryside.
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It affects thetowndwelleras well as the country dweller.
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Thetowndwellerhas a very rough time here.
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There is a grave danger that the present economies will fall much more hardly on the agricultural and country population than on thetowndweller.
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The result is that, whether real or perceived, a huge tension now exists between the country dweller and thetowndweller.
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The conditions of the farm worker was no better than thetowndweller.
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I think it is very hard indeed that no consideration has been given to the case of the agricultural labourer as against thetowndweller.
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The dweller in the countryside can see exactly the same show as thetowndweller.
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