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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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Examples for "citified"
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The magic of youth stole out of the citified night upon her.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
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You-all are goin' ter be larnt citified manners hot off the bat.
Peggy Stewart at School
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He had a citified air about him that ate into Tom's vitals.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete
4
She was never going to change her name to something citified and highfalutin.
The warmth of other suns: the epic story of america's great migr...
5
Concrete would register as foreign matter here, something citified and imported.
A place of my own: the architecture of daydreams
1
I ain't like these cityfied folks. Philip brushed at a fly crawling on his forehead.
Wench: a novel
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The village beaus scornfully called him "cityfied," and secretly longed to be like him.
Dr. Heidenhoff's Process
3
You certainly do not look very cityfied!
Heidi / (Gift Edition)
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They have such a cityfied air.
Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies
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Indeed, some of the fashions called "countryfied" are equally "cityfied," if we judge by the extent of the usage.
Etiquette
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But when the city-born children come to Mooseheart they come into their own.
The Iron Puddler: My Life in the Rolling Mills and What Came of ...
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His city-born and bred son inherited the insidious idea.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
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Harry, by the way, was a city-born bushman, who had been everything for some years.
The Rising of the Court
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They originate closer to nature than city-born men and seem to spring from the very soil.
A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation Of Christmas
5
She could not be city-born, Tanner had realized.
The Scar
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!
2
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