blow-in
n.— «Rudy Giuliani has been plugging away at the carpetbagger charge and plans his own fundraiser in Arkansas to highlight her New York “blow-in” status.» —“Hillary attracts media circus on her upstate ‘listening tour,’ leaving Bill down on an Indian reservation” by Joe Carroll Irish Times (Dublin, Ireland) July 10, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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