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  • noun Eye dialect spelling of country.

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Examples

  • A good book-keeper, as th 'pote says, is th' counthry's on'y safety.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • 'Maybe th' counthry's digestion has gone wrong fr'm too much rich food, 'says I;' perhaps now if we'd lave off thryin 'to digest Rockyfellar an' thry a simple diet like Schwartzmeister, we wudden't feel th 'effects iv our vittels,' I says.

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • Misther Sicrety, ye can go home an 'tell ye'er wife th' counthry's safe. '

    Observations By Mr. Dooley Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • 'Mong colonel, 'I says imprissively,' so long as ivry man looks out f'r his own honor, th 'honor iv th' counthry 'll look out f'r itsilf,' I says.

    Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • He menaced rebellion in the name of his 'counthry,' vented bitter hatred against English rule; they spoke of rags, beggary, and pestilence.

    Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

  • ‘But it is my duty to tell you, Miss Lynch, that the gentry of this counthry, before whom you will have to appear, will express very great indignation at your conduct in persevering in placing poor people like the Kellys in so dreadful a predicament, by your wilful and disgraceful obstinacy.’

    The Kellys and the O'Kellys 2004

  • I wish St. Pathrick had made a trip to India and dhriven the sarpints out av the counthry the same as he did in

    The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly

  • "You mane your mother was a gypsy that went round the counthry showin 'off dancin' bears?"

    Flamsted quarries Mary E. Waller

  • She was boastin 'of the fine place she had, an' th 'illigant carriage that was comin' t 'take her to the counthry.

    Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island Victor [pseud.] Appleton

  • "Mebbe it's the thruth you're afther findin 'out; but I misthrust, and it's meself will never fergive her if she breaks the heart of the best by in the counthry."

    Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes Maud Wilder Goodwin

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