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outskirts

[out-skurt] Origin

out·skirt

[out-skurt]
noun
1.
Often, outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like: to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
2.
Usually, outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like: the outskirts of respectability.

Origin:
1590–1600; out- + skirt
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outskirts (ˈaʊtˌskɜːts)
 
pl n
(sometimes singular) outlying or bordering areas, districts, etc, as of a city

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Word Origin & History

outskirt
"outer border," 1596, from out + skirt (q.v.). Now only in plural. Originally in Spenser.
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