Meaning of country cousin | Babel Free

Definitions

An acquaintance from the countryside, who is regarded by city dwellers as being poorly adapted for city life.

informal

Equivalents

Examples

“And how like⟳ a country cousin, to come⟳ down upon a poor body in this way, without so much as a day’s notice⟳, or asking whether she would be welcome⟳!”

“Special commissioners had begun, in the “metropolitan press⟳,” to be the fashion, and the journal in question⟳ must have⟳ felt it had passed too long for a mere country cousin.”

“As in Rome, it is considered very country-cousiny to be seen in the same dress more than twice.”

“My fellow students, as politely as they could manage⟳, explained to their up-country cousin why none of these things were possible or desirable.”

“CrossCountry is a poor country cousin of the London-centric set⟳ of long-distance services.”

CEFR level