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yokel
[ yoh-kuhl ]
noun
- an unsophisticated person from a rural area; a country bumpkin.
yokel
/ ˈjəʊkəl /
noun
- derogatory.(used chiefly by townspeople) a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be simple and old-fashioned
Derived Forms
- ˈyokelish, adjective
Other Words From
- yokel·ish adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of yokel1
Word History and Origins
Origin of yokel1
Example Sentences
Yet Mike Huckabee, an authentic by-his-bootstraps populist, was dismissed by the party's actual elite as a country yokel.
Hesitatingly, and like a clumsy yokel, I blurted: I have been wondering whether you cared for the performance I gave?
How can she have cared a hang for Ned, if she's ready to go and marry a yokel, for the sake of a home and respectability?
Some yokel writes in the village paper, as Henley had written before, "James's stuff was not worth doing."
The yokel if he feels inclined for a sleep lies down and takes it just as the dumb creatures do.
For among the mud-larks he recognises one who, early in the day, offered insult to himself, calling him a “country yokel.”
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