city slicker

English

Noun

city slicker (plural city slickers)

1. (colloquial) One accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle or unsuited to life in the country.

   Synonyms: urbanite, urban dweller, townie

   Look at the city slicker pulling up in his fancy German car.

   • 1989, “Car Thief”, in Paul's Boutique, performed by Beastie Boys:

     See, I'm a city slicker, I, I ain't no townie / Right now, I wish I had another hash brownie

Translations

one accustomed to urban living

• Czech: měšťák (cs) m
• French: citadin (fr) m
• Georgian: ქალაქელი (kalakeli), ქალაქელი ადამიანი (kalakeli adamiani), ქალაქის მკვიდრი (kalakis mḳvidri), ქალაქში მცხოვრები (kalakši mcxovrebi)
• German: Großstädter (de) m, Heimscheißer (de) m (offensive)
• Italian: gente di città
• Polish: mieszczuch (pl) (offensive), mieszczanin (pl) m, mieszczanka (pl) f
• Spanish: citadino (es) m, urbanita m or f, urbanícola m or f (festive)

Further reading

• “city slicker”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “city slicker”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “city slicker”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “city slicker”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.