Backwoods
Backwoods noun - A rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country.
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- He's forced to move back in with his emotionally distant mother, and then she dies too, and he's forced to sell her house and move to a backwoods cabin.
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Distant and Backwoods. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwoods/distant
Backwoods & Distant. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwoods/distant>.
Distant or Backwoods. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/backwoods/distant.
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