out-country
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of out-country
First recorded in 1630–40
Example Sentences
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Then calm crept back to La Paz, but new violence broke out the next day in out-country Cochabamba and Oruro.
From Time Magazine Archive
With his clear, healthy, out-country look �5 ft.
From Time Magazine Archive
We know that it is somewhere across the world, and we ought to find it, and we know, too, that its out-country is like these October afternoons, and our hearts beat wildly for a moment, then the truth strikes and we see that this is not The Land.
From Project Gutenberg
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