country cousin
nounDefinitions
An acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly…
An acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly adapted for city life.
- And how like a country cousin, to come down upon a poor body in this way, without so much as a day’s notice, or asking whether she would be welcome!
- Special commissioners had begun, in the “metropolitan press,” to be the fashion, and the journal in question must have felt it had passed too long for a mere country cousin.
- As in Rome, it is considered very country-cousiny to be seen in the same dress more than twice.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA