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plural outskirts
A more remote part of a town or city; the periphery, environs; a suburb. quotations examples
I told her of my plan to take John into an urban outskirt area for the purpose of retrieving some vital technical manuals.
2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, page 37
The outskirt communities were originally established as labor camps for railroad workers, farm and ranch hands.
1983, Our Barrios: Past, Present, and Future, page 20
Hal Smith, manager of the Ferry Field theatre, Detroit, one of the largest and prettiest outskirt houses in town, played Metro's "Revelation" for three days last week
1917, Michigan Film Review, page 347
third-person singular simple present outskirts, present participle outskirting, simple past and past participle outskirted
(transitive) To surround as an outskirt. examples