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Word: Bumpkin
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: perhaps from Dutch boomken ‘little tree’ or Middle Dutch bommekijn ‘little barrel’, used to denote a dumpy person
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbʌm(p)kɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside
Short Definition:unsophisticated or socially awkward person from countryside
Examples:- she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin
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