0 a person from the countryside who is considered to be awkward and stupid
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.
