Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A rustic; a bumpkin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A rustic or countryman; especially, a country bumpkin.
- noun Same as
hickwall .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A country bumpkin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun pejorative An
unsophisticated person. - noun A person of
rural background.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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-- A San Diego talk-show yokel is offering $1,000 to anyone who will out a NAMBLA member.
Make It Stop 2005
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-- A San Diego talk-show yokel is offering $1,000 to anyone who will out a NAMBLA member.
February 2005 2005
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‘And, translating the word yokel for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be, that this attempt was not made by a countryman?’ said Mr. Losberne, with a smile.
Oliver Twist 2007
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'And, translating the word yokel for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be, that this attempt was not made by a countryman?' said Mr. Losberne, with a smile.
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 1841
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"And, translating the word yokel for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be, that this attempt was not made by a countryman?" said Mr. Losberne, with a smile.
Oliver Twist 1838
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The yokel was a year or two older, was taller, and stones heavier.
Acton's Feud A Public School Story Frederick Swainson
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This leads Don to discuss his father's unfortunate death by horse, his Uncle Mac, and the idea that he is a "yokel" who can tall rats from mice because of his days on the farm.
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Hick Day! lol Everyone has to come dressed like a country yokel which is ironic because it's a country kind of town so we generally have a lot of people dressing like farmers already.
super-suzan Diary Entry super-suzan 2006
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Now "yokel" stung, for Barnabas remembered his blunt-toed boots, therefore he smiled with lips suddenly grim, and his politeness grew almost aggressive.
The Amateur Gentleman Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Timothy is a stolid, unemotional kind of yokel, and, once having ascertained that the object was a woman's body in a blue dress with white facings, he quietly stooped and tried to lift it out of the mud.
seanahan commented on the word yokel
some folks 'll never lose a toe, but then again some folk'll
February 21, 2007