单词 | old south |
释义 | > as lemmasOld South Old South n. the Southern states of the U.S. before the Civil War (1861–5). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > southern states south1779 Sunny South1833 Negroland1836 Old South1847 Dixie1859 Cousin Sally1861 sunbelt1918 down home1920 Deep South1936 1847 H. Ruffner Addr. Citizens W. Virginia 23 The old South, as might be expected, exhibits no movement, except the customary one of emigration. 1873 Harper's Mag. July 271/1 Never in her most boastful days did the old South, under her cherished system of slave labor, produce better crops. 1966 B. H. Deal Fancy's Knell (1967) ii. 26 Bill was Old South and Mildred wasn't. 1975 A. Price Our Man in Camelot i. 25 There was much more of the Old South in Shirley's voice. 1992 Esquire Feb. 130/1 They brought with them so much of the Old South that, by 1922, the Ku Klux Klan was virtually running the state. < as lemmas |
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