DCHP-2
outlands DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n. pl.
a rural region; farm district.
See also: back country (def. 2) backwoods ((n.))
- 1960 Unfortunately the lure of high wages and easy living in our cities far outweighs the privations and toil of settling in Canada's outlands, and yet this is required today.
- 1961 "Guaranteed Employment" can take the New Party into the outlands of darkest Quebec and into the underprivileged, low-standard coves and concessions of the Atlantic Provinces. . . .
- 1960 Unfortunately the lure of high wages and easy living in our cities far outweighs the privations and toil of settling in Canada's outlands, and yet this is required today.