The archetypalcityslickeris depicted as a spoiled selfish lazy rich person who considers people living on farms to be poor and ignorant.
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Acityslicker, often gains a culture shock when coming to the farm.
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As acityslicker, he finds himself bungling in a new environment.
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Cityslickeris an idiomatic expression for someone accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle and unsuited to life in the country.
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On the contrary, the townsfolk prove the equal of the city slickers in guile, and a fair exchange of indiscretions and humiliations belongs to both sides.
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It is not really a question of "city slickers" gambling, although no doubt people do gamble.
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They have the idea that in some way the city slickers always know best how to deal with such matters.
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People in the rural communities are being confronted, much against their will, with the city slickers.
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Dogpatch residents regularly combat the likes of city slickers, business tycoons, government officials and intellectuals with their homespun simplicity.
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The floating houses that come to view as visitors approach the island are a sight to awe any city slickers.
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