rusticism

Now and then a home rusticism is fresh and startling, but where nothing is gained in expression it is out of tenor.

Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" J. L. Cherry

Formerly it was esteemed an elegancy, though it would now be considered as a rusticism, to omit the

Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Now and then a home rusticism is fresh and startling, but where nothing is gained in expression it is out of tenor.

Life and Remains of John Clare Cherry, J L 1872

How would the dark rusticism of Rakel's old band, Bad Folk, work with the tightly wound, swerving post-hardcore of Burleigh's old band, the Adversary Workers?

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