country cousin
Example Sentences
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Among the blindingly White milieu of social-climbing “wives of,” acid-tongued grand dames, bored heiresses, buzzing staff and one wide-eyed country cousin is Peggy Scott, an ambitious young Black woman who shines instead of shrinks.
From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2022
Once the country cousin, she is now the belle of the ball: Never before has the winged woman with her atom been so ardently courted or symbolically on target.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2016
Their story gives ballast to the High-Dynasty conflict between Cookie and Lucious, and that may help the show strike a better balance than its country cousin Nashville, which has lurched from earnest to outlandish.
From Time • Jan. 7, 2015
This is country cousin to the biophilia hypothesis, which suggests an innate fondness for nature and biodiversity, which both bring us benefits and, in their absence, costs.
From Slate • Aug. 12, 2012
“I don’t think our little country cousin is acquainted with any radicals, known or unknown.”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
