Voorbeelden van bumpkin

• But the young gallant introduced to-night into the world she lived in was no bumpkin, and was a dandy of the town. 

• Curiosity as to the place was at its utmost stretch, but our ignorant bumpkin could tell nothing about it. 

• His manner towards me was that of a man of the world who is kindly disposed towards a country bumpkin. 

• It's the kind of house that is becoming rare, and the bumpkin farmer and his family don't value antiquities. 

• Then turning impatiently to the persons gathered around: "Does it require all of you, standing there like gaping bumpkins, to tighten my girth? 

• Instead, once in the city they experience - and resent - downward mobility, often because of a stigmatization (as country bumpkins) over which they have no control.

• Boys, but not girls, can use hi with impunity, even when doing so can invoke a negative stereotype, the country bumpkin.

• On the other hand, those who cheat country bumpkins and scare good people, in order to swindle money out of them, are nothing more than litigation hooligans.