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old country

noun

  1. the original home country of an immigrant or a person's ancestors, especially a European country.


old country

noun

  1. the country of origin of an immigrant or an immigrant's ancestors
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ç±ô»å-³¦´Ç³Ü²Ôt°ù²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of old country1

First recorded in 1775–85
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That's not to say there isn't still a huge amount of goodwill towards everyone from the "old country".

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I have an array of friends who learned later in life that their uncles were really their fathers, that Grandma had a whole other family back in the old country.

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The players were immigrants or the sons of immigrants, playing a game that was considered a national pastime in the old country but little more than a waste of time in the new one.

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The bulk of Maniscalco’s most recognizable bits revolve around stories about his hairdresser father, Salvo, whose no-nonsense immigrant wisdom is exported from the old country.

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"We don't eat in an old country store for woke burgers," one commenter wrote on Facebook regarding the announcement, while someone else added: "I just lost respect for a once great Tennessee company."

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