- the old country
- ► the old country the native country of a person who has gone to live abroad.Main Entry: ↑old
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old country — {n. phr.} Primarily Europe, but also any country other than the United States where one originally came from. * /Al s wife was born in Chicago but Al himself is from the old country, Ireland./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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