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English Dictionary: outskirt by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outskirt
n
  1. a part of the city far removed from the center; "they built a factory on the outskirts of the city"
    Synonym(s): outskirt, fringe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outskirt \Out"skirt`\, n.
      A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usually
      in the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. --Wordsworth.
  
               The outskirts of his march of mystery.   --Keble.
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