Definitions
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Word origin
First use appears c. 1812, possibly from dialectal German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob, cf. Yankee (“little John”) and jacquerie (“a peasant uprising”). Alternatively, from dialectal English yokel, yuckle (“a European green woodpecker”), itself probably a variant of hickwall.
Used in a sentence
“They love the scenery near their summer home, but have no desire to mix with the local yokels.”
“[…] and yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind.”
“He eyed the story-teller with unspeakable wonder. His mouth was agape in yokel fashion.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Rural bumpkin”5 letters
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