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backwoodsy

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back⋅woods

  [bak-woodz]
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–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

Synonyms:
2. hinterland, provinces, wilds, woodland; sticks, boondocks, boonies, bush, backwater.
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back·woods   (bāk'wŏŏdz')   
pl.n.   (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

  1. Heavily wooded, uncultivated, thinly settled areas.

  2. An area that is far from population centers or that is held to be culturally backward.

back'woods'man n., back'woods'y (-wŏŏd'zē) adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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