backwoodsy


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back·woods

 (băk′wo͝odz′)
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1. Heavily wooded, uncultivated, thinly settled areas.
2. An area that is far from population centers or that is held to be culturally backward.
back′woods′man n.
back′woods′y (-wo͝od′zē) adj.
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backwoodsy

(ˈbækwʊdzɪ)
adj
like or of the nature of backwoods
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