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Definition of City-bred
1. Adjective. Being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person.
Lexicographical Neighbors of City-bred
Literary usage of City-bred
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1856)
"... of genteel society, and of the rusticity of their clothing, felt abashed when
they came into the presence or entered the houses of the city-bred people. ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1860)
"Miss Letty Forester, the granddaughter of the Reverend Doctor, was city-bred, as
anybody might see, and city-dressed, ... How this city-bred and ..."
3. American Social and Religious Conditions by Charles Stelzle (1912)
"The country offers no such allurement for the city-bred working man. To him the
farm holds nothing of the inspiration which comes to him through contact ..."
4. American Journal of Education (1856)
"... of genteel society, and of the rusticity of their clothing, felt abashed when
they came into the presence or entered the houses of the city-bred people. ..."
5. The American Journal of Education and College Review by Absalom Peters, Henry Barnard, Samuel Sidwell Randall (1856)
"... of genteel society, and of the rusticity of their clothing, felt abashed when
they came into the presence or entered the houses of the city-bred people. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Session of the American Association for the Advancement (1852)
"... of genteel society, and of the rusticity of their clothing, felt abashed when
they came into the presence or entered the houses of the city-bred people. ..."
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