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yo⋅kel
[yoh-kuh
l] 
–noun
| a rustic; a country bumpkin. |
Origin:
1805–15; orig. uncert.
1805–15; orig. uncert.
Related forms:
yo⋅kel⋅ish, adjective
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| yo·kel (yō'kəl) n. A rustic; a bumpkin. [Origin unknown.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Yokel
Yo"kel\, n. [Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.] A country bumpkin. [Eng.] --Dickens.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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yokel
1812, perhaps from dial. Ger. Jokel, disparaging name for a farmer, originally dim. of Jakob. Or perhaps from Eng. yokel, dialectal name for "woodpecker."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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