country box
A dated British colloquial expression for a modest country house — not a grand estate but a comfortable rural retreat, the kind of unpretentious weekend getaway that a well-off Victorian or Edwardian professional might maintain.
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A dated British colloquial expression for a modest country house — not a grand estate but a comfortable rural retreat, the kind of unpretentious weekend getaway that a well-off Victorian or Edwardian professional might maintain. The word 'box' conveys smallness and practicality rather than grandeur; a country-box was where you went to shoot game or escape London smog, not to impress anyone. The phrase has a pleasantly self-deprecating quality that suits the British sensibility.
He preferred his little country box in Surrey to any townhouse, especially in summer when the city grew unbearable.
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(UK, dated, colloquial) A country house.
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