townie
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈtaʊni/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós? Proto-Celtic *dūnombor. Proto-Germanic *tūną Proto-West Germanic *tūn Old English tūn Middle English toun English town Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y ▲ Scots -ieinflu. English -ie English townie From town + -ie (diminutive suffix).
- Diminutive of town; synonym of small town.
“[W]e came within a Mile o’ Godlamin, a little Townie upo’ the Rod, […]”
“It [Govan] is, in fact, the most curious and eccentric little townie that we know, and always wears, to our fancy, a kind of half-fou’ aspect. At two places, the Fointhouse and the Ferry, it comes rambling down towards the river; […]”