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

So he strolled on wi'out dread or fear Of Squoire or Parson, or County Peer, For the spouting M.P. and the Liberal Van Had made of the shock-headed joskin a Man!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 12, 1891 by Various

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

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

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

Suiting his words to action the joskin advanced and trod on the end of the monkey’s tail.

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