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It refers to someone not really from "the town" and hence not "one of us." Charlestown MA used to have a very insular culture and people from there rarely left. That is no longer the case, but the expression reflects the belief that either you were a "townie" or just a pretender-- a "toonie." (It should be noted that this expression is not widely used.)

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