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
Right behind Coachella on the weekend of April 24-26 is Stagecoach, Coachella's country cousin.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2015
Maybe even more Music City than its country cousin to the east, Memphis has strong affiliations with not one musical genre but three.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 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
“I don’t think our little country cousin is acquainted with any radicals, known or unknown.”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
