country mouse
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country mouse
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An allusion to The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, one of Aesop's Fables.
noun country mice
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A countryperson; someone with country ways.
Opposite: city mouse
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A member of support personnel who travels around, rather than remaining at the base.
"[…] 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—"
Opposite: city mouse
Talk about this word "country mouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/country%20mouse. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. country mouse. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/country%20mouse "country mouse." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/country%20mouse.Cite this
@misc{country_mouse_2026,
title = {country mouse},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/country%20mouse},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
