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Previously, the miner had to shuttle nearly 100 drivers around these scrubby outlands to switch train drivers three times for each journey.—Rhiannon Hoyle, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2019 Outland wound up as one of the top defensive backs in the Pacific Coast League this season and was so good that opposing teams for the most part didn’t throw many passes to his side.—Tim Burt, Orange County Register, 5 Jan. 2017
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of outland was
before the 12th century
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