the old country
Example Sentences
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Growing up, Jane Ziegelman often heard stories about the old country from family members gathered at her grandmother’s home in Queens, N.Y.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
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.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
“I take it back to the old country boy saying that you can’t put 10 pounds of potatoes in a 5-pound sack,” Nelson said.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 15, 2024
"It's like you are back in time, especially when you get into the old country roads," he says.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023
I had seen Mom only sporadically since then, and she’d never met John nor been to the old country farmhouse we’d bought the year before.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
