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out•skirt
Pronunciation: (out'skûrt"), [key]—
n.
1. Often,
outskirts. the outlying district or region, as of a city, metropolitan area, or the like:
to live on the outskirts of town; a sparsely populated outskirt.
2. Usually,
outskirts. the border or fringes of a specified quality, condition, or the like:
the outskirts of respectability. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.