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
Tollett and his partners spun off Stagecoach as the country cousin to Coachella in 2007, and since then it has become the biggest country festival in the world, according to Gary Bongiovanni, editor of Pollstar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2015
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
