Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or characteristic of a yokel; rustic.
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- adjective Like a
rustic orbumpkin ;simple andignorant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Giants, to much fanfare, signed the charmingly yokelish Giants quarterback to a six-year, $97.5 million contract extension last month, which, on its surface, made ... var news_amount = 1;
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He starts an affair with Margaret Gunn, one of the local yokels with an even more stupid and yokelish husband.
WEREWOLF BY MOONLIGHT by Guy N. Smith (New English Library 1974)
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He starts an affair with Margaret Gunn, one of the local yokels with an even more stupid and yokelish husband.
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He starts an affair with Margaret Gunn, one of the local yokels with an even more stupid and yokelish husband.
WEREWOLF BY MOONLIGHT by Guy N. Smith (New English Library 1974)
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The guide, a thinnish, tall and wizened type, with a long, narrow head and small, keen, bright blue eyes laughed a yokelish laugh as he studied the group.
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She wondered whether it was tact or yokelish indifference.
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