yokel
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- yokelish adjective
Etymology
Origin of yokel
First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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John Noakes called her awful: "She was a bully who treated me like some country yokel from Yorkshire. I couldn't abide her."
From BBC
Nan came up with Relocation Rule Number 14: Blend in with the locals or stick out with the yokels.
From Literature
Insults use mostly antiquated terms: “ding dong,” “oh, banana oil,” “dumb yokels,” “loser,” “punk.”
From Washington Post
Frank Filiberto, who was on the Town Commission at the time, recalled feeling as if the developers regarded him and the other officials as “local yokels.”
From New York Times
"Ted Lasso" was introduced as a the story of a out-of-place Kansas yokel in Britain, with Jason Sudeikis playing Ted as the kind of man aware of the assumptions people will make about him.
From Salon
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