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the old country

noun as in fatherland

Strongest match

Strong match

Weak match

noun as in homeland

Strongest match

Strong match

noun as in mother country

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In “Fresh from Poland: New Vegetarian Cooking from the Old Country,” Warsaw-based author Michal Korkosz offers a quieter evolution of pierogi — one that leans into elegance rather than audacity.

From Salon

That's not to say there isn't still a huge amount of goodwill towards everyone from the "old country".

From BBC

I have an array of friends who learned later in life that their uncles were really their fathers, that Grandma had a whole other family back in the old country.

From Salon

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.

It's going to be called Mafia: The Old Country, and while we didn't get a release date or launch window, we've been promised more details in December.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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