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noun

Outsider n.

One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling. (Recent)

A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the key is inside.

A horse which is not a favorite in the betting. (Cant)

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Etymology of 'Outsider'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... boys greeted with cheers this addition to their wearied ranks, and seemed then content. But matters were not mended in the least, because all of the personal following of the formidable lad, with the addition of every outsider, spontaneously forsook the flag and declared themselves Indians. There were now no soldiers. The Indians had carried everything unanimously. The formidable lad used his influence, but his influence could not shake the loyalty of ...

— The Monster and Other Stories - The Monster; The Blue Hotel; His New Mittens • Stephen Crane

... Administration was really neglectful of professional merit; it hungered to find it; but many appointments must at first have been made in a haphazard fashion, for there was no machinery for sifting claims. A zealous but unknown West-Pointer put under an outsider would be apt to write as Sherman did in early days: "Mr. Lincoln meant to insult me and the Army"; and a considerable jealousy evidently arose between West-Pointers and amateurs. It was aggravated by the ...

— Abraham Lincoln • Lord Charnwood

... anybody," said Harry, "but she took a poor man and a rank outsider because she—hic—loved him. That's the kind of girl she is! Why nobody ever thought she'd settle to anybody. I bet she broke her word to half a dozen men, before she gave it to Fulton ...

— We Three • Gouverneur Morris

... margin, again, dates from the outsider, and continues with the collector in his unreasoning connoisseurship—taking curious pleasure in the quantity ...

— The Gentle Art of Making Enemies • James McNeill Whistler

... provide him with a salary and a seat on the Congested Districts Board. Thus he found himself engaged in ameliorating the lot of the Connaught peasants. Mr. Clifford used to describe him as 'a bit of a bounder—in fact, a complete outsider—but no fool.' His estimate of Mr. Clifford ...

— Hyacinth - 1906 • George A. Birmingham

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