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outside ((adv.))

North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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adv.

away from or beyond the northern parts of Canada; in or to the outside (def. la).

See: out,outside ((n.))(def. 1a),inside ((adv.))

Quotations

1896

To "go in," by the way, is to descend the Athabasca; to return to civilization is to "go outside."

1923

I had thought that life beyond the 65th parallel or so was life beyond the pale: but I was now to learn that the Arctic Circle is the inner circle, and the real outsider is--of course--the one who lives "Outside."

1955

One of the outstanding characteristics of the Yukon is the general indifference to what is going on Outside. This lack of interest in the world is one of the very first impressions that meets a stranger from anywhere south of North.

1964

. . . we have far less trouble with drinking than I have experienced "outside."