I take my father's old-country pride and work ethic with me to Y&R. From Wordnik.com. [The Practice Alum Michael Badalucco Gives Daytime a Try on The Young and the Restless] Reference
Its Fajita Chicken Quesadillas somehow lacked that old-country Dublin feel. From Wordnik.com. [Annette's Notebook] Reference
The other five spread around the tables were sober, old-country Irish, and large. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
There is no trace of old-country stuffiness about him; he belongs in a large landscape. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Pouncey - An interview with author] Reference
Many immigrants brought their old-country beliefs with them; Palina and Magnus were proof of that. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
There is also a clear indication of an old-country IRA conflict with the token Irish member of SAMCRO. From Wordnik.com. [Sons of Anarchy – 2.4 – Eureka – review] Reference
Mrs. Lynch had been thinking that Granny Castle couldn't be one of the Castle's of her old-country county. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Robin] Reference
My parents 'generation called it “old-country superstition” until GPS revealed the genius of the town's builders. From Wordnik.com. [Admiral Cheng Ho's Lost Compass] Reference
His theory is that they are from some small old-country or outlander ship, which, hove to on the opposite tack to the. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER XXXVI] Reference
My grandmother, before cancer overtook her, was one of the best cooks around, using old-country recipes from her memory. From Wordnik.com. [Roomies] Reference
She'd come to this country as a young woman, but back then the burg was more Italian than Sicily, so she'd kept her old-country ways. From Wordnik.com. [Four To Score]
Executive chefs Eduard Frauneder and Wolfgang Ban are native Austrians and have strived to create an old-country feel in the dining room. From Wordnik.com. [East Village Old Country] Reference
Middle-aged Italian labourers, old-country peasants who did not talk English, and who could not dance with the Irish girls, surrounded me. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Families settled close to other families they knew from their country of origin, and it was these old-country ties that provided the younger generation with suitable spouses. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina: Sephardic Women.] Reference
The old-country talk's fresh in her mouth, too, so it is; you. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen's Twin and Other Stories] Reference
Would you mind if he played over some of our old-country songs?. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance] Reference
Still broader field expanses are filled with old-country plants. From Wordnik.com. [Home Life in Colonial Days] Reference
Middle-aged Italian labourers, old-country peasants who did not talk. From Wordnik.com. [John Barleycorn] Reference
If you find neatness at an hostel, it is kept by old-country people. From Wordnik.com. [Canada and the Canadians Volume I] Reference
Scotch eggs are a hearty and casual old-country snack popular in UK pubs. From Wordnik.com. [Home - BostonHerald.com] Reference
The sand on the white-pine floor was swept in tongues, old-country fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Tenements] Reference
Still, every effort is made to capture a bit of an old-country farming town. From Wordnik.com. [latimes.com - News] Reference
It used to be practised, if report spoke truly, in certain old-country towns. From Wordnik.com. [VIII. The Cheap Lodging-Houses] Reference
Very few of our old-country neighbors gave much heed to what are called spirit-rappings. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Boyhood and Youth] Reference
"Yes," said Bourne; "we'd better have left him his legacy and gone on home to the old-country.". From Wordnik.com. [The Peril Finders] Reference
Just you think over what I said, and don't be in too great a hurry to go back to the old-country. From Wordnik.com. [The Peril Finders] Reference
Lithuanian flags and fashion, and old-country food greeted more than 80 people attending the event. From Wordnik.com. [City] Reference
Middle-aged Italian labourers, old-country peasants who did not talk English, and who could not dance with the. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter IV] Reference
Hobbs makes functional pottery in different styles from Nigerian pottery to Japanese pottery to old-country pottery. From Wordnik.com. Reference
He referred to my old-country habit of raising the hat in salutation instead of merely nodding or touching the brim. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of an American] Reference
To this, Lydia Shipman adds to her table rugelach, an old-country delicacy that some describe as a little horn or a crescent. From Wordnik.com. Reference
My "old-country" father thought girls were put on this earth to get married and have healthy Serbian babies, preferably boy babies. From Wordnik.com. [FACTnet] Reference
I had observed some of the old-country soldiers speak Dutch; as I spoke Dutch, I went to one of them and asked him what was the news. From Wordnik.com. [Montcalm and Wolfe] Reference
"Fountain," where the windows gave them pretty vistas, and evening brought the first old-country meal, also the first taste of the famous. From Wordnik.com. [James Fenimore Cooper] Reference
Side” was the New England party, to which many of the old-country ministers adhered. From Wordnik.com. [A History of American Christianity] Reference
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