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Meanings of old country in English

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Usage of old country in English
1
Some day the exiles in Babylon will return to the old country.
Hebrew Life and Times
2
It's a union between a centuries- old country estate and modern green technology.
The Irish Times
3
Johanna Vavrika had been deeply scarred by smallpox in the old country.
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
4
She guessed he could not find an opening in the old country.
The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain
5
He must not value time as you do in the old country.
Hendricks the Hunter; Or, The Border Farm: A Tale of Zululand
6
We stayed in the old country twenty-five or thirty years after freedom.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
7
Finance-andthe interest of the little, great old country across the water.
The Man in the Twilight
8
They had brought from the old country the tradition of afternoon tea.
The Window-Gazer
9
She said they'd come here across the ocean from the old country.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
10
Tobias Pearson was not among the earliest emigrants from the old country.
Bible Stories and Religious Classics
11
The critically acclaimed 25-year- old country singer-songwriter has yet to break out commercially.
Reuters
12
Her mother was from the old country, one of the Slav races.
Sense from Thought Divide
13
No longer could it be said that the old country was lethargic.
Lloyd George: The Man and His Story
14
Thostrup shall see the Kammerjunker's old country-seat; to-morrow we must go over.
O. T., A Danish Romance
15
But he wrote a great many letters back to the old country.
O Pioneers!
16
No fear of the old country ever getting undermanned-letdie who must.
The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows
This collocation consists of:
Old country through the time
Old country across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common