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old countries

old countries is the plural of old country.

Meaning of old country

Noun

old country (plural old countries)

  1. The country of origin of an immigrant or of a person of immigrant descent.
    • "Look at all the children!" Saxon cried. "School's letting out. And nearly all are Portuguese, Billy, NOT Porchugeeze. Mercedes taught me the right way."
      "They never wore glad rags like them in the old country," Billy sneered. "They had to come over here to get decent clothes and decent grub."1913, Jack London, Valley Of The Moon, book 3, ch. 1

Questions about old countries

What is old countries the plural of?
Old countries is the plural of old country.

Words near old countries in the dictionary

  1. Old Colwyn
  2. Old Comedy
  3. Old Comic
  4. Old Cornish
  5. Old Coulsdon
  6. old countries
  7. old country
  8. Old Covenant
  9. Old Crow
  10. Old Cumnock
  11. Old Czech

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