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

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