"locals" in the noun sense

1. local

public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops

"the local seemed to take forever to get to New York"

2. local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic

anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

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