Gothamite
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Gothamite
C20: from Gotham , a nickname for New York City
Example Sentences
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Bon vivant and wit Seamus O’Sullivan, a longtime staff writer of the Gothamite: Might this be Brendan Gill of the New Yorker?
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2015
While he serenades Manhattan with a smitten rendition of Cole Porter’s “I Happen to Like New York,” he lets us know that even as a Gothamite, he remains an easygoing, outdoors-loving Aussie.
From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2011
"Mr. Beach, let me go down and drive him away,—I can do it," implores Beekman, the pigmy Gothamite.
From From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days by King, Charles
And now a few more Indian and other stories of the Gothamite class to conclude the present section.
From The Book of Noodles Stories of Simpletons; or, Fools and Their Follies by Clouston, William Alexander
The ranchman’s look slashed through the space between him and the Gothamite.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
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