backwoods
[bak-woo dz]
- (often used with a singular verb) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts.
- any remote or isolated area.
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- of or relating to the backwoods.
- unsophisticated; uncouth.
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Origin of backwoods
Synonyms
See more synonyms for backwoods on Thesaurus.com2. hinterland, provinces, wilds, woodland; sticks, boondocks, boonies, bush, backwater.
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Examples from the Web for backwoods
Contemporary Examples
He spends his days shacked up in a 400-square-foot converted turkey coop in the backwoods of Maine.
Burt’s Bees Co-Founder Burt Shavitz on the Doc ‘Burt’s Buzz,’ and Losing MillionsMarlow Stern
September 11, 2013
He suspected that the driver, who was identified as Cody Alan Legebokoff, was poaching in the backwoods.
Historical Examples
The rifle and the ax are the symbols of the backwoods pioneer.
The Frontier in American HistoryFrederick Jackson Turner
I'm not afraid of you or the rest of your backwoods friends.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
For her backwoods advantages she was considered well educated.
The Story of Young Abraham LincolnWayne Whipple
Of course, there were no regular schools in the backwoods then.
The Story of Young Abraham LincolnWayne Whipple
I shall go to no backwoods, in the middle of winter, and freeze.
The Moving Picture Girls SnowboundLaura Lee Hope
backwoods
- mainly US and Canadian partially cleared, sparsely populated forests
- any remote sparsely populated place
- (modifier) of, from, or like the backwoods
- (modifier) uncouth; rustic
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