blow-in

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blow-in (plural blow-ins)

  1. (Ireland, Australia) Someone who has only recently arrived in an area or community; a newcomer.
    • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 389:
      This had been her local when she worked in Central. All the waitresses knew her by name. Now she was a blow-in.
    • 2023 August 5, Lauren Murphy, quoting Lisa Fukuda, “Sounds of Achill”, in Irish Independent Magazine, page 11:
      Maybe it's none of my business as a blow-in, but I loved helping someone local, in return for what I have been given by the people of Achill over the last 25 years.

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