Outer

Definitions

1. An outer part.
2. Someone who admits to something publicly.
3. An uncovered section of the seating at a stadium or sportsground.
4. Someone who outs another.
5. The fourth circle on a target, outside the inner and magpie.
6. One who puts out, ousts, or expels.
7. An ouster; dispossession.
8. A shot which strikes the outer of a target.
9. One who supports leaving the European Union.
   UK
10. The smallest single unit sold by wholesalers to retailers, usually one retail display box.

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Examples

“'Phil Cornish' [a snowdrop variety] is like⟳ a cross between a pixie hat and a pagoda, with elegant upswept outers [outer petals] marked in a green colour-wash at the top and warpaint slashes at the lower end⟳.”

“We ordered two cartons with twelve outers in each.”

“From the early 90s, these were some of the fiercest debates raging in the gay press⟳ and in gay and straight bars worldwide as blabbermouths blabbed, sometimes just for the sheer hell of it, and gay celebrities ran for cover⟳ or bit the bullet and pipped the outers to the post⟳.”

“The 51.4 per cent to 48.6 per cent victory of the "outers" broke the back of the Labour government.”

“Meanwhile, outers are disporting themselves on TV in luminous green ties, hand-woven by first years at the Dronefield Academy for the Sartorially Challenged.”

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