joskin

American  

[jos-kin] / ˈdʒɒs kɪn /

noun

Chiefly British Slang.

1. a bumpkin.

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Etymology

Origin of joskin

1805–15; perhaps blend of bumpkin ¹ and dial. joss to jostle, bump

Example Sentences

"Noa, ee cawnt, 'cause the roads are under water;" replied the joskin, with a grin.

From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 05 by Seymour, Robert

It did not matter much to the condemned joskin that he was trundled about the town for two hours after they had returned, and finally deposited under the settle of an inn.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon

So the big-hearted joskin handed his big tobacco-box to the monkey.

From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

“Why, she doant look a bit better than oul granny,” remarks a country joskin.

From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Everitt, Graham

The file kidded the joskin with sham books, and his pall capped; the deep one cheated the countryman with false cards, and his confederate assisted in the fraud.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis