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The correct spelling is locals.
How to pronounce locals
noun
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The correct spelling is locals. A person who lives near a given place. For example: "It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists."
Usage Examples
“It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.”
“I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.”
“The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A person who lives near a given place.
- 2.A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
- 3.A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- 4.One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
- 5.A locally scoped identifier.
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