bumpkin

bumpkin¹ (ˈbʌmpkɪn)

—n
	an awkward simple rustic person (esp in the phrase country bumpkin)

[C16 (perhaps originally applied to Dutchmen): perhaps from Dutch boomken small tree, or from Middle Dutch boomekijn small barrel, alluding to a short or squat person]

bumpkin or bumkin² (ˈbʌmpkɪn)

—n
	variant spellings of boomkin

bumkin or bumkin²

—n

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bumpkin

"awkward country fellow," 1560s, probably from M.Du. bommekijn "little barrel," dim. of boom "tree." Apparently, though itself Dutch, it began as a derogatory reference to Dutch people as short and dumpy.

Example sentences

Press, a redheaded country bumpkin who lives above a pub.

Sure, he played the bumpkin bewildered in the big city.

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