English Explanatory Dictionary

city mouse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A city person; someone who has city ways.
  2. A member of support personnel who remains at the base.

Word forms

city mouse city mice

Etymology

An allusion to The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, one of Aesop's Fables.

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