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in-country|ˈɪnˈkʌntrɪ|
[f. in adv. 12 d + country.]
1. Sc. The inland country, the interior; the mainland as opposed to the outlying isles; the country within reach of the capital and centre of civilization, as distinguished from outlying districts.
1565Mary Q. of Scots Let. 23 Aug. in Keith Hist. Scot. (1734) 313 Oure Rebellis he retiterate thame to the In-cuntre, the suffering quhairof is na wayis to us honourabil. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 2 Before I begin the historie of the Inne cuntrey, I wil first..descriue the quarteris and boundes of Scotland. a1639Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. 412 In the Isles and High-lands were likewise great Troubles: nor was In-country more quiet.
2. Used attrib.: in the country; in a contextually specified country. Cf. in prep. 18.
a1953Dylan Thomas Prospect of Sea (1955) 9 Between the incountry fields and the incoming sea. 1963Times 6 Feb. 6/7 Cornwall..has agreed to give all technical assistance that is needed on payment by the Scillies of travelling and subsistence expenses, and to charge for the use of its educational and welfare institutions at the ‘in-country’ instead of the ‘out-country’ rate. 1966N.Y. Times 1 May iv. 3 In South Vietnam, in what is called in Saigon the ‘in-country’ war, development efforts have been concentrated upon types of weapons best utilized in jungles and rice paddies. 1969Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 5/3, 2,500 American Marines are to leave South Vietnam..over a five-day period starting from today. This will reduce America's ‘in-country’ military strength to 484,000 troops. 1973Ibid. 13 Mar. 5/2 American in-country troop strength [in Vietnam] stands at 7,170 men. |