Crossword clues for bumpkin
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bumpkin \Bump"kin\, n. [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave
defines thus: ``Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a
long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and
sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde.''
Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a
block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a
pole.]
An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.
``Bashful country bumpkins.''
--W. Irving.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"awkward country fellow," 1560s, probably from Middle Dutch bommekijn "little barrel," diminutive of boom "tree" (see beam (n.)). Apparently, though itself Dutch, it began as a derogatory reference to Dutch people as short and dumpy.
Wiktionary
n. 1 a yokel 2 a clumsy, unsophisticated person; 3 (context nautical English) a short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay
WordNet
Wikipedia
Bumpkin may refer to:
- Country bumpkin, a synonym for the term yokel; a foolish, poorly educated person from a rural region.
- Boomkin, also known as a bumpkin, part of a sailboat.
- One of the horses in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. See Middle-earth animals.
Usage examples of "bumpkin".
That part of his mind which sometimes spoke to him in dry detachment told him that his fears were probably groundless and that his gawking made him appear to be a doltish country bumpkin.
As she stood frozen before them, the idea of being mistaken for a stripper suddenly became less embarrassing than the thought of shouting out an explanation over the music to all these worldly people who would instantly realize what a country bumpkin she was.
Cliff, this means attendance at mills, bearbaitings, cockfights, and visits to any gaming hell where green-as-grass country bumpkins can be assured mat they will leave the establishment with empty pockets.
They thought her a gapeseed, an unmannered bumpkin born in a cabbage patch.
I had shown that stallkeeper that I was a person of consequence, no mere ignorant bumpkin to be taken in by his lies.
I actually studied my freshman yeara country bumpkin trying for the American Dream.
But think not that this famous town has only harpooneers, cannibals, and bumpkins to show her visitors.
But there were some boobies and bumpkins there, who, by their intense greenness, must have come from the heart and centre of all verdure.
Gavril to run, fetch, and scurry with daily chores like the other bumpkins who had fostered here over the years.
Trailed by his bugler, the squadron colors and a couple of supernumerary junior noncoms, Gaib was leading his charger, which appeared on the verge of throwing a shoe, toward a still-unpacked traveling forge, his lips moving in curses at well-bred bumpkins who carried their feelings ill balanced on their armguards and gave not one damn for his military rank, rendering him what little deference they did only because he was heir to a Kindred vahrohnos.
The bumpkin Binaire, delegate from VoGrance, stood up to drivel on at length about some minor question of representation chiefly relating to rural itinerants pedlars, Turos, players and their disreputable ilk.
She made us dress like country bumpkins with our sashes tied behind, while she wore her sash high and her sleeves open in the masculine way that was all the rage.
Soon afterwards he bought an estate with the title of count, became a Venetian nobleman, and his origin as a country bumpkin was forgotten.
Gaib was leading his charger, which appeared on the verge of throwing a shoe, toward a still-unpacked traveling forge, his lips moving in curses at wellbred bumpkins who carried their feelings ill balanced on their armguards and gave not one damn for his military rank, rendering him what little deference they did only because he was heir to a Kindred vahrohnos.
Soul of Subtlety in these parts, yet am I now the Bumpkin, well, even a Churl may be taught, Sir.