Similar words: downy, tawny, brawny, scrawny, tow, town, stow, tower. Meaning: n. resident of a college town not affiliated with the college.
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1. A couple of townies walked into the village pub, looking very out of place in their smart suits.
2. Country life isn't as idyllic as townies imagine.
3. Or maybe you townies don't know.
4. But Ilkley Moor, however exhilarating for us townies, forms only the nursery slopes of the Yorkshire Dales.
5. Not surprisingly, townies tell pollsters they wish they lived there, too.