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Examples of bumpkin
bumpkin
A country bumpkin, Nemorino, falls for a capricious, wealthy farm owner, Adina.
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The first race is in Tokyo with Mater tagging along and playing the country bumpkin.
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Griffith was cast as a comedic hayseed, milking laughs as a folksy bumpkin.
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Nemorino, a country bumpkin, is hopelessly in love with the wealthy Adina.
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Desert bumpkin though he may be, Saddam has played the gulf game with an ugly finesse.
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I may be a simple country bumpkin, but dating Newnan also affects things for certain.
From the iftomm2003.com
The object of his wrath, though, is not a Frenchman, but a country bumpkin like himself.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Despite his religious learning he came off as a sort of country bumpkin.
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Synonyms for yokel include country bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon, rube, redneck and hick.
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- Yokel: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
- (bumpkinly) awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
- A bumpkin is a Spar extending beyond the stern of a sailing vessel to provide an attachment point for a Backstay or the sheet of a mizzen. Joshua Slocum's Spray was a yawl with a bumpkin.
- This is a list of animals that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. In addition, this list encompasses several living creatures that were referred to at some point by Tolkien as being beast-shaped Maiar (angelic beings) rather than proper animals; such cases are annotated.
- (Bumpkins) Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest. Synonyms for yokel include country bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon, redneck and hick.
- A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel; a short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay
- (Bumpkins) Frames which extend on either side of the cableship's stern. Used to keep cable/rope clear of the propellers during transfer operations.
- Pieces of timber projecting from the vessel, to board the fore tack to; and from each quarter, for the main brace-blocks.
- An awkward or simple person from the country.
