Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
bumkin . - noun An awkward, clumsy rustic; a clown or country lout.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.
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- noun a
yokel - noun a
clumsy ,unsophisticated person; - noun nautical a short
boom orspar used toextend asail orsecure astay
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Etymologies
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Examples
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This bumpkin is as dumb as Palin, M. Sanford, Limbaugh el al
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Dr. Johnson, however, strangely enough deduces the word bumpkin from bump; but what if it should prove to be a corruption of bumbard, or bombard: in low Latin, bombardus, a great gun, and from thence applied to a large flagon, or full glass.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829 Various
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If being a bumpkin were his only fault, one could excuse his ignorance.
Think Progress » Conservative prof. chides Bush’s management style. 2006
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Hence a bumping lass is a large girl of her age, and a bumpkin is a large-limbed, uncivilized rustic; the idea of grossness of size entering into the idea of a country bumpkin, as well as that of unpolished rudeness.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 387, August 28, 1829 Various
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Hamels, who owns the best changeup this side of, well, Jamie Moyer, is just one of a multitude of weapons that can be deployed by manager Charlie Manuel, who will never again be called a bumpkin after masterminding just the second title in 125 years by the Phillies.
The Seattle Times 2009
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Hamels, who owns the best changeup this side of, well, Jamie Moyer, is just one of a multitude of weapons that can be deployed by manager Charlie Manuel, who will never again be called a bumpkin after masterminding just the second title in 125 years by the Phillies.
The Seattle Times 2009
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LOL! i'm tellin 'ya! .. she meows and her lip (do cats have lips?) gets stuck where her tooth is missing and it makes the "Thank you, thank you very much" look on her! ... i've been calling her "bumpkin" for losing the tooth! .. heeheee!
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So how did this gangly, awkward and reserved country "bumpkin" entering the stage with one purpose in mind -- saving the nation -- make it happen?
A Leadership Style for the Ages Jennifer Openshaw 2008
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"Look, you think I'm some kind of bumpkin fool, don't you?"
Lucifer's Hammer Niven, Larry 1977
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-- The term "bumpkin" is of Dutch origin, taken from the word
The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII. No. 358, November 6, 1886. Various
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