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hayseed

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hay·seed  (hsd)
n.
1. Grass seed shaken out of hay.
2. Pieces of chaff or straw that fall from hay.
3. Slang A bumpkin; a yokel.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.hayseedhayseed - a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
rustic - an unsophisticated country person


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I lay and lay, and was doctored and doctored,; until at last I drove the physicians from me, and called in an apothecary from Nicolai who had cured an old woman of a malady similar to my own--cured her merely with a little hayseed.
"We only keep hayseed in the spring," she explained loftily.
And then you'll get married and go and live in the rube house, and become a regular hayseed and--' She broke off suddenly, with a catch in her voice.
 
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