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city mice

city mice is the plural of city mouse.

Meaning of city mouse

Noun

city mouse (plural city mice)

  1. (figuratively) A city person; someone who has city ways.
  2. (figuratively, slang, Antarctica) A member of support personnel who remains at the base.
    • […] before arriving, he'd never thought it would be spent as one of the city mice. Most of the McMurdoans never ranged more than walking distance from the largest town on the entire continent.2021, M. L. Buchman, In for the Long Haul: An Antarctic Ice Fliers Romance Story

Questions about city mice

What is city mice the plural of?
City mice is the plural of city mouse.

Words near city mice in the dictionary

  1. city lights
  2. city limit
  3. city limits
  4. city manager
  5. city managers
  6. city mice
  7. city mouse
  8. City of a Thousand Minarets
  9. City of Angels
  10. City of Brotherly Love
  11. City of Brussels

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