bumpkin
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bumpkin
- /ˈbʌmpkɪn/
- /ˈbʊmpkɪn/ Northern England
Rhymes with -ʌmpkɪn
Where it comes from
From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.
noun bumpkins
- A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel. Since the onset of modernity in the nineteenth century, West Bengalis or ghotis from the Calcutta area, who are generally Hindu, have enjoyed a certain cultural ascendancy within Bengal: they consider themselves more modern, more culturally refined, and more progressive than the bangals, who are dis
- A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
- Dance, a series of reels, Scottish. They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.
Similar: bogan, boor, bumpkin, chawbacon, chuff, churl, clenchpoop, clown, cornball, jay, kern, lamb, lubber, lout, rube, Tony Lumpkin, tyke, peasant, unsophisticate, yahoo, yokel
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noun yokel
| Español | paleto, palurdo, montañero, montuno, cazurro, guajiro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 촌놈 chonnom, 촌뜨기 chontteugi, 시골뜨기 sigoltteugi |
| 中文 | 鄉下佬 /乡下佬 xiāngxialǎo, 鄉下人 /乡下人 xiāngxiarén |
| Français | plouc, péquenaud, manant |
| Deutsch | Hinterwäldler, Bauerntölpel, Tölpel |
| Italiano | buzzurro, villico, cafone, zappaterra |
| Ελληνικά | βλάκας vlákas |
| Română | țăran |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà quê |
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title = {bumpkin},
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