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out·skirts (o̵ut′skʉrts′)

plural noun

  1. districts remote from the center or midst, as of a city; outlying regions: sometimes, esp. formerly, used in sing. much construction in the outskirts of the city
  2. the outer edge, border, or margin a shack at the outskirts of town

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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