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Bushwhacker

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bush·whack  (bshhwk, -wk)
v. bush·whacked, bush·whack·ing, bush·whacks
v.intr.
1. To make one's way through thick woods by cutting away bushes and branches.
2. To travel through or live in the woods.
3. To fight as a guerrilla in the woods.
v.tr.
To attack suddenly from a place of concealment; ambush. See Synonyms at ambush.

bushwhacker n.
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Noun1.Bushwhackerbushwhacker - a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
rustic - an unsophisticated country person
2.bushwhacker - a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War
Confederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War


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When that feller trod on his hand, he up an' sed that he was willin' t' give his hand t' his country, but he be dumbed if he was goin' t' have every dumb bushwhacker in th' kentry walkin' 'round on it.
 
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