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Meanings of city-bred in English

Being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person.

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Usage of city-bred in English
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The whole country round was filled with wonder to his city-bred eyes.
Lo, Michael!
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Vladimir says all city-bred women and girls are anæmic from doing nothing.
The Chorus Girl and Other Stories
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Even Gloria, a poor little city-bred angel, must muse upon the statement.
The Everlasting Whisper
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Now in the city-bred youth this excited state of mind is chronic, permanent.
Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays
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The little city-bred girl distinguished the visitor from a country man at once.
A Man's Woman
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But, to the city-bred eye of Editor Westbrook, the landscape appeared a masterpiece.
Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million
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Altogether it was a stirring glimpse of ranch life for my city-bred wife.
A Daughter of the Middle Border
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The historic subway site teemed with visitors, many of them with city-bred accents.
Heart of stone
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Such a life would be rather wearisome to most city-bred ladies.
The Virginians
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Why, here is this city-bred girl blushing as I once did about Mr. Dlimm.
From Jest to Earnest
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A farmer was showing a horse to a city-bred gentleman.
How to Speak and Write Correctly
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There were many things to interest city-bred folk on a place like Four Oaks.
The Fat of the Land: The Story of an American Farm
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As night came on, the city-bred man longed for shelter.
The Girl from Montana
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The beauties of nature filled the soul of this city-bred youth with wonder and admiration.
Conversion of a High Priest into a Christian Worker
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He was well groomed, well fed, in all ways he was a typical city-bred man.
The Silver Horde
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Of a truth, the very thought of things Western made him swear mild, city-bred oaths.
The Lure of the Dim Trails