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outskirts

outs·kirts

UK/ˈaʊtskɜːts/ US/ˈaʊtskɝts/ fairly common

noun

1.

outlying areas (as of a city or town)

  • “they lived on the outskirts of Houston”
  • “they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd”

Origin

From out- + skirts.

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