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Examples

  • But ex-New Yorker Anthony Davi, a documentary filmmaker and tour guide of Sicilian descent, says some of these dialects are so old, they're not even used in the Old Country anymore.

    Laura Lippstone: San Diego's Little Italy: That's Italian Laura Lippstone 2011

  • But ex-New Yorker Anthony Davi, a documentary filmmaker and tour guide of Sicilian descent, says some of these dialects are so old, they're not even used in the Old Country anymore.

    Laura Lippstone: San Diego's Little Italy: That's Italian Laura Lippstone 2011

  • The elites turned avidly to Old Country customs of autocracy to preserve their standing.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • The elites turned avidly to Old Country customs of autocracy to preserve their standing.

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • In the Old Country, and when our family first came to America, it was a dish that stretched bread and tomatoes into a meal.

    Don't Fill Up on the Antipasto Tony 2008

  • In the Old Country, and when our family first came to America, it was a dish that stretched bread and tomatoes into a meal.

    Don't Fill Up on the Antipasto Tony 2008

  • In the Old Country, and when our family first came to America, it was a dish that stretched bread and tomatoes into a meal.

    Don't Fill Up on the Antipasto Tony 2008

  • “Oh, but you must have formed some; we like to know what Old Country folks think of us.”

    The Englishwoman in America 2007

  • When I get back from the Old Country, I'll be ready to send invitations to our early-summer party.

    time off 2006

  • When I get back from the Old Country, I'll be ready to send invitations to our early-summer party.

    Archive 2006-03-01 2006

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