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A part remote from the center; outer edge; border; -- usuallyin the plural; as, the outskirts of a town. Wordsworth.The outskirts of his march of mystery. Keble.
Edge of a geographic area. The part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town. As a noun, plural form is much more commonly used.
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