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blow-in

noun

Definitions

  1. Someone who has only recently arrived in an area or community

    Someone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer.

    • This had been her local when she worked in Central. All the waitresses knew her by name. Now she was a blow-in.
    • Maybe it's none of my business as a blow-in, but I loved helping someone local, in return for what I have been given by the people of Achill over the last 25 years.

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