单词 | country fellow |
释义 | > as lemmascountry fellow country fellow n. †(a) one's fellow countryman or countrywoman (obsolete); (b) a person from the country, a country-dweller. ΚΠ 1578 tr. J. Calvin Comm. Joshua ii. sig. C.iii She professed much more than all her countrie fellowes did. 1614 A. Gorges tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 365 Then wofull Cnæus did espy His countrey fellowes, proaching nye The Affricke coast. 1657 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms vii. 1 A plain Country-fellow. 1786 R. Burns Poems chiefly Sc. Dial. 20 A country fellow at the pleugh, His acre's till'd, he's right eneugh. 1898 Argosy Apr. 79 He was a country fellow, clad as a peasant, and speaking such vile patois. 1992 A. Symons Tremedda Days (2007) v. 145 A rather superior visitor, intending to take a rise from the simple country fellow, asked Will if he had seen a cart load of monkeys pass by. Will's quick reply was, ‘No, dropped off, did 'ee?’ < as lemmas |
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