Noun
the country of origin of an immigrant
Source: WordNetOther days, other ways; and, although they have now been greatly improved upon, the old country midwives did at least succeed in bringing into the world many generations of our forefathers, or where should we be now? -. Flora Thompson
I am making a good fight for the old country & there is no one but me who could do it. David Lloyd George
I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music. Laura Bell Bundy
France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her. Pierre Laval
The sails are unfurled And the anchor's away going home... She heels to the breeze as she gathers her way, And we're bound to the old country. Then away, love, away, going home! We're homeward bound this very day, And we're bound to the old country... Mike Oldfield
The Old Country must wake up if she intends to maintain her old position of pre-eminence in her Colonial trade against foreign competitors. George V of the United Kingdom