OUTSKIRTS
outskirts
(noun) outlying areas (as of a city or town); “they lived on the outskirts of Houston”; “they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
outskirts pl (plural only)
The area surrounding a city or town; suburb.
Etymology 2
Noun
outskirts
plural of outskirt
Source: Wiktionary
OUTSKIRT
Out"skirt`, n.
Definition: A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth. The outskirts of his march of mystery. Keble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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