country-bred

[ kuhn-tree-bred ]

/ ˈkʌn triˈbrɛd /

raised or bred in the country.

Origin of country-bred

First recorded in 1660–70

I am country-bred, and cherish a preference for the scenes of my childhood.

Alone |Marion Harland
The great dining-room, with all the confusion of the first day of school, was an awesome place to country-bred Sarah.

When Sarah Went to School |Elsie Singmaster
I should never have taken you for a country-bred girl—although your physique does not speak of town-life, after all.

A Life Sentence |Adeline Sergeant
But I was young and spirited, and like most lads that have been country-bred, I had a great opinion of my shrewdness.

Kidnapped |Robert Louis Stevenson

How much more agreeable was this well-bred man, she was thinking, than country-bred young Henderson.

A Country Sweetheart |Dora Russell