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in the country

North

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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in or into the wilderness of the northern forests or barrens (def. 2).

See: barren(s)(def. 2)

Quotations

1933

Soon they will be gone too, bound up the rivers "into the country" to the furring grounds hundreds of miles away.

1944

To the average person "outside," and even to those who have spent a considerable time "in the country" the thought of finding himself lost . . . would inspire feelings of extreme helplessness. . . .