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backwoods [ˈbækwʊdz] pl n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Chiefly US and Canadian partially cleared, sparsely populated forests 2. any remote sparsely populated place 3. (modifier) of, from, or like the backwoods 4. (modifier) uncouth; rustic ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
backwoods plural noun sticks (informal), outback, back country (U.S.), back of beyond, backlands (U.S.) the backwoods of Louisiana Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Perhaps there was a feeling of delicacy--a backwoods etiquette which restrained them from following him to offer assistance; the court records, from which, mainly, this narrative is drawn, are silent as to anything but the fact. This was John Day, a hunter from the backwoods of Virginia, who had been several years on the Missouri in the service of Mr. "If it had not been for the cross old aunt, Rebecca would still have been at Sunnybrook; and from the standpoint of educational advantages, or indeed advantages of any sort, she might as well have been in the backwoods," returned Adam. |
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