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country people

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Noun1.country people - people living in the same country; compatriots
citizenry, people - the body of citizens of a state or country; "the Spanish people"
2.country people - people raised in or living in a rural environment; rustics
common people, folk, folks - people in general (often used in the plural); "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"


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From a tradition that the weapon with which the Norwegian champion was slain, resembled a pear, or, as others say, that the trough or boat in which the soldier floated under the bridge to strike the blow, had such a shape, the country people usually begin a great market, which is held at Stamford, with an entertainment called the Pear-pie feast, which after all may be a corruption of the Spear-pie feast.
The peddler with his pack traversed the country by all manner of lonely roads, and was compelled to rely upon the country people for hospitality.
He assured us that they were good for one--better than medicine; in his country people lived on them at this time of year.
 
 
 
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