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back country
noun
- a sparsely populated rural region remote from a settled area.
- Australian. a remote, undeveloped part of a large farm or cattle station.
back country
noun
- land remote from a town or settled area
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- back-country adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of back country1
First recorded in 1740–50
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Example Sentences
I did not expect to find anything of the kind in this back country.
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The people of the back country were in not the slightest degree responsible for the revolt against British authority in the East.
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In 1802 the development of the back country was freshly emphasized by the admission of Ohio as a State.
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At the time of the outbreak he led a party of refugees at the greatest risk to himself through the back country to Shakopee.
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Its fine climate and orange-groves have always rendered it celebrated, although it has no fertile back country.
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