URBAN
ADJECTIVES
► CRACKER-FED urban, living in the city → 1936 Amer. dial.
► OPPIDAN urban; civic; belonging to a town or to the town, as opposed to the country → 1643
► RURBAN relating to or designating an area sharing both rural and urban characteristics → 1915
► RURURBAN partly urban and party rural → Bk1942 Amer. sl.
► STREET-WISE experienced in or possessing the necessary qualities for urban survival → 1981 US
NOUNS
► CONURBATION an aggregation of urban areas → 1915
► EDGE an urban area with bars, night clubs and prostitution → 1973 US sl.
► RURBANIZATION the influence of rural society on urban life, or vice versa → 1927
► TWILIGHT ZONE an urban area in which housing is becoming decrepit → 1909
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