back country

SEE SYNONYMS FOR back country ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area.

Australian. a remote, undeveloped part of a large farm or cattle station.

Origin of back country

First recorded in 1740–50

OTHER WORDS FROM back country

back-country, adjective

Words nearby back country

backchat, back-check, back clipping, backcloth, backcomb, back country, backcourt, backcourtman, backcross, backdate, back dive

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for back country

Just as pickers comb the back-country for antiques, a related group search for untenanted old houses.
If You're Going to Live in the Country|Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
Fearon found "the small and middling tradesmen" always ready to sell out when business got bad and "pack up for the back-country."
Union and Democracy|Allen Johnson
"Oh, they are only back-country folk," said Lambert, rather impatiently.
Hans Brinker|Mary Mapes Dodge
She had been a fossil in a back-country place all her life, and of course they felt she did not know.
Cloudy Jewel|Grace Livingston Hill

They were marched into the palms, and the back-country swallowed them up—all the crew of the Haliotis.
The Day's Work, Volume 1|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for back country

back country

noun

Australian and NZ land remote from a town or settled area

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	back country
释义	back country SEE SYNONYMS FOR back country ON THESAURUS.COM noun a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area. Australian. a remote, undeveloped part of a large farm or cattle station. Origin of back country First recorded in 1740–50 OTHER WORDS FROM back country back-country, adjective Words nearby back country backchat, back-check, back clipping, backcloth, backcomb, back country, backcourt, backcourtman, backcross, backdate, back dive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for back country Just as pickers comb the back-country for antiques, a related group search for untenanted old houses. If You're Going to Live in the Country\|Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley Fearon found "the small and middling tradesmen" always ready to sell out when business got bad and "pack up for the back-country." Union and Democracy\|Allen Johnson "Oh, they are only back-country folk," said Lambert, rather impatiently. Hans Brinker\|Mary Mapes Dodge She had been a fossil in a back-country place all her life, and of course they felt she did not know. Cloudy Jewel\|Grace Livingston Hill They were marched into the palms, and the back-country swallowed them up—all the crew of the Haliotis. The Day's Work, Volume 1\|Rudyard Kipling British Dictionary definitions for back country back country noun Australian and NZ land remote from a town or settled area Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to back country outback, wilderness, backwoods, boondocks, hinterland, back of beyond, boonies, the sticks, back o' beyond
随便看	typhus typhus vaccine typical typicon typify typing typing element typist life skill life space life span lifestream life stress lifestyle lifestyle block lifestyle business lifestyle disease lifestyle guru lifestyler life-support life-support system life table life-threatening lifetime life vest

back country

noun

Origin of back country

OTHER WORDS FROM back country

Words nearby back country

Example sentences from the Web for back country

British Dictionary definitions for back country

noun

Words related to back country