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outside noun- in Alaska, anywhere in the US other than Alaska US, 1900
- As a salesman I had an appointment in Anchorage and spent about 10 days and $700 to get there at the appointed time and date, only to be told my customer was “outside,” to which I almost replied, “Why don’t you go outside and get him.” — Mark Wheeler, Half Baked Alaska, p. 111, 1972
- — American Speech, pp. 256–8, Fall 1984: “Terms for ‘not Alaska’ in Alaskan English”
- — Mike Doogan, How to Speak Alaskan, p. 47, 1993
- the world outside the armed forces US, 1898
- — American Speech, p. 288, December 1962: “Marine Corps slang”
- the world outside prison US
- I hadn’t heard from anyone on the outside; and it began to matter less after a while. — Herbert Huncke, Guilty of Everything, p. 122, 1990
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