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Definition of Old country
1. Noun. The country of origin of an immigrant.
Definition of Old country
1. Noun. The country of origin of an immigrant or of a person of immigrant descent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Old Country
Literary usage of Old country
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Yale Literary Magazine by Lyman Hotchkiss Bagg, Yale University (1853)
"WHAT a crowd of associations cling round the old country church ! How suggestive
is the word of numerous singing meetings, of moonlit walks at their close, ..."
2. The Irish in America by John Francis Maguire, William Joseph Hardee (1868)
"CHAPTER I. Difference of the Position of the Irish in the old country, ...
In the old country, stagnation, retrogression, if not actual decay—in the new, ..."
3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1911)
"Recipes from the old country and the new. Martin, M. К., сотр. vel. $1.50. Heer.
Reciprocity. Bibliography. US Library of congress. ..."
4. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"Shortly afterwards (1856) Nicholson returned to England, where he was welcomed
as the father of the ballot, not yet adopted in the old country, and spoke in ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"old country. "old country" le a term in common use to designate a country occupied
by civilized man before the American continent was. ..."
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