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hayseed

[ hey-seed ]

noun

  1. grass seed, especially that shaken out of hay.
  2. small bits of the chaff, straw, etc., of hay.
  3. an unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel; hick.


hayseed

/ ˈheɪˌsiːd /

noun

  1. seeds or fragments of grass or straw
  2. informal.
    a yokel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hayseed1

First recorded in 1570–80; hay + seed
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Example Sentences

"Bully for you, old Hayseed," said the man who had wanted to whip any man in the right wing of the army.

"I won't take no slack from no old Wabash hayseed like you," responded the teamster cordially.

Then he appears again, in damaged homespun, combs the hayseed out of his hair, and takes a pilot-house berth for the winter.

And he said, I dont see why it is those hayseed politicians up in Albany want to come down here and bother us honest men.

He was for a while a typical hayseed, an expert reaper, ready to match himself against all comers.

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