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country bumpkin

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country bumpkin [ˈkʌntrɪˈbʌmpkɪn] n (pej) → burino/a
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Sancho took the word out of his mouth and went on, "Nay, let them come and try their jokes on the country bumpkin, for it's about as likely I'll stand them as that it's now midnight
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
How he would figure among them in the churchyard, between services on Sundays; gathering grapes for them from the wild vines that overran the surrounding trees; reciting for their amusement all the epitaphs on the tombstones; or sauntering, with a whole bevy of them, along the banks of the adjacent mill-pond; while the more bashful country bumpkins hung sheepishly back, envying his superior elegance and address.
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Irving, Washington View in context
 
 
 
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