country mouse

English

Noun

country mouse (plural country mice)

1. (Antarctica, slang) A member of support personnel who travels around, rather than remaining at the base.

   Coordinate term: city mouse

   • 2023, J. Scott Coatsworth, Love & Limitations:

     " […] Maybe we'll run into some country mice."
     "Country mice?"
     "Some of the Mac-Town folks, out here on the ice. City mice stay at McMurdo, and country mice—"