city-bred

[ sit-ee-bred ]

/ ˈsɪt iˌbrɛd /

reared in a city.

Origin of city-bred

First recorded in 1880–85; city + bred

The two city-bred artists knew a wall-flower from a cabbage and a rose from a sprig of asparagus, and that was all.

The Golden Butterfly |Walter Besant
There were two thousand people in the building, soft-bodied and city-bred.

The Runaway Skyscraper |Murray Leinster
Unlike the city-bred professional thief, he had been taught to work, and such work as he could perform was no punishment to him.

Six Years in the Prisons of England |A Merchant - Anonymous
The younger boy looked at the city-bred lad with an evident pity for his ignorance.

The Boy With the U.S. Census |Francis Rolt-Wheeler

Boy is city-born and city-bred, and a day in the country is better than a thousand in street and park.

The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) |Marion Harland