Cit (consciousness)
WiktionaryText
Noun
- townsman, citydweller (term of contempt)
- 1856, Herman Melville, The Piazza
- Not forgotten are the blue noses of the carpenters, and how they scouted at the greenness of the cit, who would build his sole piazza to the north.
- 1856, Herman Melville, The Piazza
Usage notes
Unofficial and rare nonce form. The generic preposition je, or the unofficial accusative preposition na, may be used instead.