joskin

[jos-kin]

noun

Chiefly British Slang.

1. a bumpkin.

Word History and Origins

Origin of joskin¹

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

Example Sentences

Joskin, jos′kin, n. a clown, yokel.

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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.

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“Is there a good bottom here, my man?” he asks of a country joskin regarding him with a wide smile.

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Hearst Columnist Damon Runyon gave his old-soldier version of the name: "For over 40 years a Joe has meant a Jasper, a Joskin, a yokel, a hey-rube, a hick, a clodhopper, a sucker."

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

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