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furriner en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, qualifier:Now chiefly derogatory) Pronunciation spelling of foreigner.
   alt of foreigner
   • 1853, John Greenleaf Whittier, Yankee Gypsies, I took this 'ere paper, you see, to help a poor furriner, who could n't make himself understood any more than a wild goose.
   • Thar ain't no place whar you haven't as much right to go ez any other man; thar ain't any man, furriner or Amerykan, young or old, dyed or undyed, ez hev got any better rights. 1885, Bret Harte, By Shore and Sedge:
   • Just fancy ME bein' talked over by any God-forsaken furriner! 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel:

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