city mouse
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city mouse
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An allusion to The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, one of Aesop's Fables.
noun city mice
- A city person; someone who has city ways.
- A member of support personnel who remains at the base. […] before arriving, he'd never thought it would be spent as one of the city mice. Most of the McMurdoans never ranged more than walking distance from the largest town on the entire continent.
Talk about this word "city mouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/city%20mouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. city mouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/city%20mouse "city mouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/city%20mouse.Cite this
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title = {city mouse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/city%20mouse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
