townies

Chauncy was now sincerely anxious to win the laurels of the day, the arrival of the Seaweed Townies having toned up the market.

"If I had thought sooner, I would have dropped anchor here and given my old townies a handshake," said the Doctor.

The club had had no hand in these intestine feuds, but sympathized with the warriors in their neighborhood, the up-townies.

One of the down-townies raised a provoking cry, “Ho, fellers; see those little ragamuffins!”

The down-townies, though, christened her “the dragon of the lane,” and did not venture near her.