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live on the country 
subsist on the food available in a region, as game, fish, berries.
See also: live off the country
- 1942 They were said to live largely on the country, hunting ptarmigan and catching fish.
- 1953 There were no human beings within fifty miles, but the dogs, living on the country, were fat as butter.
- 1965 Without this wild reindeer the country would be uninhabitable by Eskimos and Indians living "on the land". . . .
- 1942 They were said to live largely on the country, hunting ptarmigan and catching fish.