back countyn.
U.S.
A county lying in the inland part of a state. Also attributive.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] > in U.S.A.
hundred1621
town1631
squadron1636
county1662
precinct1713
parish1772
back county1775
district1792
metropolitan district1817
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area
nookc1480
out-country1639
outland1645
remoteness1694
backwoods1709
back county1775
remote1838
Mountains of the Moon1852
nowhere1871
the sticks1899
way back1901
downstate1905
back o' Bourke1918
far-back1926
woop woop1926
boohai?1946
bundu1946
Dogpatch1946
outback1954
toolies1961
upstate1965
Watford1973
1775 in Maryland Hist. Mag. 10 317 Finding it difficult to go thro' the back County..he agreed to accept a Commission.
1788 Massachusetts Spy 11 Nov. A back-county correspondent informs us that [etc.].
1803 T. M. Harris Jrnl. Tour 6 June (1805) 59 In the back counties of Virginia.
1904 W. H. Smith Promoters xx. 290 The little book agent..was working one of the brethren from some back county in great style.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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