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noun

Outsider n.

One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling. (Recent)

A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside.

A horse which is not a favorite in the betting. (Cant)

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Etymology of 'Outsider'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Outsider" Quotes from Famous Books

... more into the background, or, rather, he found himself in the background by a kind of natural sequence. No one wanted to put him there; in fact, both his brother-in-law and his sister were kindness itself; but he was the outsider in the party, sharing none of the interests of ...

— People of Position • Stanley Portal Hyatt

... how like a child, how typical of the outsider's shallow view of any struggle! As if all one had to do—was stand up and fight! Mere fighting—that was easy; but to fight to the last ditch only to find yourself beaten! That gave a fellow pause about bucking the challenge ...

— The Freebooters of the Wilderness • Agnes C. Laut

... own class, or what he conceived to be such, he considered all people as "outsiders." He did not credit them with prejudices to rub, with feelings to hurt, indeed hardly with ears to overhear. Provided his subject was an "outsider," he had not the slightest hesitancy in saying exactly what he thought about any one, anywhere, always in his high clear English voice, no matter what the time or occasion. As a natural corollary he always rebuffed beggars and the like ...

— African Camp Fires • Stewart Edward White

... situation I should not care for the presence of an outsider, I left the mother and daughter alone together as much as I could without appearing rude. I think they both, appreciated my action, although, with their customary reserve, they said very little ...

— Revelations of a Wife - The Story of a Honeymoon • Adele Garrison

... "Pay up or go up" round the entire coast of the United States. To this furiously answers the patriotic American:—"We should not pay. We should invent a Columbiad in Pittsburg or—or anywhere else, and blow any outsider into h—l." ...

— American Notes • Rudyard Kipling

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