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How to pronounce hayseed in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bumpkin, chawbacon, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel
Type of rustic

Examples of hayseed

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The punk revolution was in full swing and the Ohio hayseed hurled herself into it.
From the independent.co.uk
To them he was unremarkable, a homely hayseed who could be swayed and manipulated.
From the kentucky.com
Griffith was cast as a comedic hayseed, milking laughs as a folksy bumpkin.
From the charlotteobserver.com
When Welch got thumped by Kohl in 1994 he wasn't some hayseed from Kansas.
From the jsonline.com
You can't hold them back by running that 1960s hayseed Princeton junk.
From the time.com
Synonyms for yokel include country bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon, rube, redneck and hick.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Andy Griffith was originally cast as a comedic hayseed, milking laughs as a folksy bumpkin.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The Cougars are from the hayseed campus in Northwest Mayberry.
From the thenewstribune.com
It was a key reason this city grew from a hayseed trading post to a national financial center.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • Yokel: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
  • The Hayseed is a 1919 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
  • Seeds from grass that has become hay; Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc; A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin. [Also used attributively: e.g. a hayseed name.]