They have learned that if the Brooklynite is not as well treated at home as he is in New York he will spend a few cents for car fare and take his amusement across the river.
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Brooklynite
//ˈbɹʊklənʌɪt//
Synonyms for "brooklynite"
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Polish
1 entries- brooklińczyk noun (native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York)
Russian
1 entries- бруклинец noun (native or inhabitant of Brooklyn, New York)
Sample sentences
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One Brooklynite sought to mail an umbrella and was told that it could not be sent with a tag, but must be wrapped up in a parcel, which would have made a London postoffice man laugh. Another Brooklynite seeking to mail a wooden box of cigars was told that he must find some place where he could buy corrugated paper, and wrap the cedar box with that before it could be sent through the mails.
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His collaborator was Robert Singer, a professor of English and film studies at Kingsborough Community College, who lamented this week that he and his fellow Brooklynites "have been archetyped to death."
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