country cousin

Most days she'd have made me feel like a country cousin.

"Now I know what your people mean when they speak of feeling like a 'country cousin."

Arts leaders say they sometimes feel like poor country cousins.

Indeed, I doubt if they are on speaking terms with their country cousins!

"They think we're a poor country cousin and will be good Americans forever."

But when their country cousins turn up for the holidays, where is it they want to be taken?

But they did grow tired of being called country cousins.

The urban bees seem to do as well or better than their country cousins.

Now, 12 hours and 5,000 miles away, I was being introduced to its ample country cousin.

There is evidence that the commercial houses are taking notice of their country cousins.