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back country
noun
- a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area.
- Australian. a remote, undeveloped part of a large farm or cattle station.
back country
noun
- land remote from a town or settled area
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- back-country adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of back country1
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Example Sentences
I did not expect to find anything of the kind in this back country.
The people of the back country were in not the slightest degree responsible for the revolt against British authority in the East.
In 1802 the development of the back country was freshly emphasized by the admission of Ohio as a State.
At the time of the outbreak he led a party of refugees at the greatest risk to himself through the back country to Shakopee.
Its fine climate and orange-groves have always rendered it celebrated, although it has no fertile back country.
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