country fever


nounOlder Use.

Origin of country fever

1
1815–25; Americanism

Words Nearby country fever

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How to use country fever in a sentence

  • No tropical heat seemed to put her out of temper; even the horrible country fever itself she bore with such gentle resignation.

    Strange Stories | Grant Allen
  • Are we to find ourselves down with country fever to-morrow morning?

    The Wreck of The Red Bird | George Cary Eggleston
  • In fact, we now and then take a turn at it ourselves when this beastly up-country fever strikes us.

    Haviland's Chum | Bertram Mitford
  • The day was blazing hot, but the chills of the dread up-country fever held him in their grip.

    A Secret of the Lebombo | Bertram Mitford