foreign parts
Frequency: 3.58.0 per million words
An old-fashioned term for foreign countries.
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Examples (10)
- They're always off to foreign parts.
- He spent most of his youth travelling in foreign parts.
- I have a cousin who has lived in foreign parts for decades.
- The old sailor told tales of his adventures in foreign parts.
- It is quite rare to find such exotic spices in these foreign parts.
- She decided to seek her fortune in foreign parts after university.
- Many young people used to dream of escaping to foreign parts.
- The letter was postmarked from some mysterious foreign parts.
- Even in foreign parts, he never forgot his home traditions.
- Are you planning on staying long in foreign parts?