counthry

English

Noun

counthry (plural counthries)

1. Pronunciation spelling of country.
   • 1871, James Fenimore Cooper, Wyandotte‎^[1]:

     If ye've no relish for a fortification, in a time of war, ye've only to shoulther yer knapsack, and go out into the open counthry, where ye'll have all to yer own satisfaction.

   • 1902, M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell), North, South and Over the Sea‎^[2]:

     One crone raised herself sufficiently to remark that it was a fine thing for the counthry, glory be to God! which patriotic sentiment won a smile from Sister Louise, but failed to awaken much enthusiasm in any one else.

   • 1922, Gordon Casserly, The Jungle Girl‎^[3]:

     I wish St. Pathrick had made a trip to India and dhriven the sarpints out av the counthry the same as he did in Ireland."

   • 1898, E. S. Ellis, Klondike Nuggets‎^[4]:

     Ye have raiched the goold counthry, which, being the same, I rispictfully asks ye all to jine mesilf in letting out a hurrah which will make the town trimble and the payple open their eyes so wide that they won't git them shet agin for a wake to come.

Usage notes

• Mimicking an Irish accent.