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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a perfect stranger" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone whom you do not know at all, emphasizing the complete lack of familiarity.
Example: "When I arrived at the party, I found myself sitting next to a perfect stranger who turned out to be quite interesting."
Alternatives: "complete stranger" or "total stranger".
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A PERFECT STRANGER: And Other Stories, by Roxana Robinson.
But in the United States, Mr. Arthus-Bertrand is a perfect stranger.
"I'd never felt electrified by the sight of a perfect stranger," she said.
He was a natural mixer who could get a laugh out of a perfect stranger.
In the middle of this intimate act a perfect stranger would be a hair's breadth away.
Common sense, of course, might dictate that you not share your woes with a perfect stranger.
Perhaps he was miffed that his daily routine had been disrupted by a perfect stranger — and, even worse, a foreigner.
At his 1986 trial, the prosecutor claimed that Mr. Williams robbed Mr. Norwood, a perfect stranger, and then murdered him.
They were all successful women women who had succeeded to the point of having influence on a perfect stranger.
I left it on, stifling the urge to tell her she was no lady for insulting a perfect stranger.
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