blow-in
n.— «The Government hypes the professed wisdom that Kernot was a high-profile “blow-in” who almost failed because the voters of Dickson, in Brisbane’s southern suburbs, wouldn’t accept a political carpetbagger.» —“Poll Proves High Profiles Count” by Alan Ramsey Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Oct. 31, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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