What does blow-in mean?

blow-in

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

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Australian usage

"This had been her local when she worked in Central. All the waitresses knew her by name. Now she was a blow-in."
"Maybe it's none of my business as a blow-in, but I loved helping someone local, in return for what I have been given by the people of Achill over the last 25 years."

blow-ins (plural)

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