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day-tripper

day-tripper noun: someone who takes a day trip.

day-tripper: someone who takes a day trip
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Noun

day-tripper (plural day-trippers)

  1. Someone who takes a day trip.
    • The Northern coastal districts of Kent, from Whitstable to Ramsgate, are one of the distressed areas of England. Their main industry – in fact almost the only one – is the summer holidaymakers, both day-trippers and fortnightly boarders. In these changing times, the habits of holidaymakers are...1959 April, P. Ransome-Wallis, “The Southern in Trouble on the Kent Coast”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 212
    • After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66

Forms of day-tripper

pluralday-trippers
alternative formday tripper
alternative formdaytripper

Questions about day-tripper

What does day-tripper mean?
Day-tripper means someone who takes a day trip.
What part of speech is day-tripper?
Day-tripper is a noun.
What is the plural of day-tripper?
The plural of day-tripper is day-trippers.

Words near day-tripper in the dictionary

  1. day-trades
  2. day-trading
  3. day-tradings
  4. day-trip
  5. day-tripped
  6. day-tripper
  7. day-trippers
  8. day-tripping
  9. day-trips
  10. day-watch
  11. day-watches

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