单词 | old country man |
释义 | > as lemmasold country man Of or relating to the old country, esp. in old country man. ΚΠ 1766 T. Hint in Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 4 Jan. 1/4 It would be a difficult matter for an old countryman to make that distinction among them, after living with them for many years. 1828 Amer. Q. Rev. 4 211 Even the illiterate in our country will distinguish an Englishman by his pronunciation, and will designate him as an ‘old countryman’. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden (1985) x Thinking to live by some derivative old country mode in this primitive new country. 1919 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 27 519 Old-country standards and family relationships persist. 1999 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 8 July b3 Many of these ‘Old Country’ men and women were slow to adjust to life in the United States. < as lemmas |
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