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"On the outside"2 answers
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Filled answer is this word (OUTER).
Definitions
being on or toward the outside of the body
Word origin
From Middle English outre, outer, outter, uttre, from Old English ūtre, ūtera, ūterra (“outer”), equivalent to out + -er. Compare German äußere (“outer”), Danish ydre (“outer”), Swedish yttre (“outer”), Icelandic ytri (“outer”). Piecewise doublet of utter.
Used in a sentence
“'Phil Cornish' [a snowdrop variety] is like a cross between a pixie hat and a pagoda, with elegant upswept outers [outer petals] marked in a green colour-wash at the top and warpaint slashes at the lower end.”
“We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.”
“The 51.4 per cent to 48.6 per cent victory of the "outers" broke the back of the Labour government.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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