yokel
IPA: jˈoʊkɛɫ
noun
- (derogatory) A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated and/or naive.
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Examples of "yokel" in Sentences
- People call him a yokel.
- But there is no one yokel accent.
- Lets all elect our dumb yokel selves
- I would never have taken you for a yokel
- I'm not really that much of an American yokel.
- The yokel may be checked, abashed, and undone.
- Rose is portrayed as a naive, simple minded yokel.
- He's not just some yokel or puffed up travel agency owner.
- I doubt it, since a yokel only became a fatherland within a religious context.