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yokel [ˈjəʊkəl] n
(Sociology) Disparaging (used chiefly by townspeople) a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be simple and old-fashioned [perhaps from dialect yokel green woodpecker, yellowhammer] yokelish adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
yokel noun peasant, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rustic, countryman, hillbilly, boor, country cousin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal), bushie or bushy (Austral. & N.Z. informal), clodhopper (informal), (country) bumpkin a local yokel Translations yokel [ˈjəʊkəl] N → palurdo/a m/f, pueblerino/a m/f yokel n (pej) → Bauerntölpel m, → Bauerntrampel m yokel [ˈjəʊk/əl] (pej) n → zotico/a, villano/a yokel [ˈjəʊk/əl] (pej) n → zotico/a, villano/a 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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And, translating the word yokel for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be, that this attempt was not made by a countryman? I would see one of the clumsy bovine-creatures who worked the launch treading heavily through the undergrowth, and find myself asking, trying hard to recall, how he differed from some really human yokel trudging home from his mechanical labours; or I would meet the Fox-bear woman's vulpine, shifty face, strangely human in its speculative cunning, and even imagine I had met it before in some city byway. Seeing that you go from town to town, I ween you can outdo a poor country yokel at tidings. |
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