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backwood

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back⋅woods

[bak-woodz]
–noun
1. (often used with a singular verb) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts.
2. any remote or isolated area.
–adjective Also, backwood, backwoodsy.
3. of or pertaining to the backwoods.
4. unsophisticated; uncouth.

Origin:
1700–10, Americanism; back 1 + woods


2. hinterland, provinces, wilds, woodland; sticks, boondocks, boonies, bush, backwater.
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