rusticating
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On this Maine island, vacation is for rusticating.
From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021
A quiet, brooding sense of menace settles in right at the beginning, which finds Mr. Clooney, his silver hair complemented by a snowy beard, rusticating in the snowy Swedish countryside.
From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2010
Old Jack Paar, supposedly rusticating there, is host-narrator.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they left town for England's long Easter holiday, rusticating members of His Majesty's Government ignored a Laborite M. P. who attempted the role of Cassandra.
From Time Magazine Archive
For even in rure it is evident that friends made it a duty of friendship to seek out and relieve their rusticating friends.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
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