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back county U.S.
[back a. 1.]
A county lying in the inland part of a state. Also attrib.
1775in Maryland Hist. Mag. X. 317 Finding it difficult to go thro' the back County..he agreed to accept a Commission. 1788Massachusetts Spy 11 Nov. (Th.), A back-county correspondent informs us that [etc.]. 1803T. M. Harris Jrnl. Tour 6 June (1805) 59 In the back counties of Virginia. 1904W. H. Smith Promoters xx. 290 The little book agent..was working one of the brethren from some back county in great style. |