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Outskirts vs Beskirt - What's the difference?

outskirts | beskirt |

As a noun outskirts

is ; the edges or areas around a city or town.

As a verb beskirt is

to border; lie on the outskirts of.

outskirts

English

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals; the edges or areas around a city or town.
    • He lived on the outskirts of Paris for a time.

    Usage notes

    * The plural is used much more often than the singular

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    beskirt

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To border; lie on the outskirts of.
  • *1892 , J.Y. Mather, Poems :
    • Pitrodie's woods beskirt the feet Of heath-clad Ben-na-chie, And through their shade the breezes fleet, And hum from tree to tree.