(1) But when she actually comes across a guy who finds her interesting, she brusquely pushes him away because of her insecurities and because he's a townie , not good enough to be associating with prep-school girls.(2) In my nephew's school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire you're either a townie or a skater.(3) Ruth worries that Natalie is older than Frank and a single mother, but worse, that she's a townie and a distraction from his studies and eventual career.(4) He's stuck in a pebble-dashed council house on the edge while townies occupy the cottage that his grandparents once lived in.(5) And a growing number of townies have been phoning Sarah at her home in Milford on Sea to book a stress-busting session at her riding school, Equine Connections, at Ipley near Marchwood(6) Lots of townies and people with a couple of acres are buying hens, just to have them milling around their feet.(7) the bar's got a great vibe, not too snobby and not too towny(8) I think at the moment the spin merchants and townies are trying to push the countryside that bit too far.(9) Outdoor activities are the main theme, just as you would expect given the particularly rugged beauty of the surrounding countryside, making it ideal for townies who need a couple of days away from the city.(10) Not all small communities see the benefits, however, and the taverns of Port McNeill have seen heated arguments between pro-farming townies and anti-farming islanders.(11) Having conveniently forgotten our vows never to return, we showed off our still-attached limbs, teaching the mix of students and townies the art of disco-dancing.(12) The 1960s were full of ballrooms of no chance, lacquered townies and long stepping country men who came looking for their hearts delights under fat Harvest moons.(13) If, as promised, they throng through the streets of London when the ban comes into force in February, any civil disobedience will only harden the attitudes of the liberal townies whose routines they will be disrupting.(14) From cards to boats to horses, the townies of Oxford seemed only too willing to indulge the students in morally questionable pastimes.(15) When asked about the 92% that are vehemently opposed to the proposition, she declares them all to be trouble makers, Luddites, townies , misty eyed liberals - or suffering from Mad Cow disease.(16) It's a typical case of townies trying to tell people how to run the countryside.