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bumpkin

[buhmp-kin] / ˈbʌmp kɪn /


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“Shanghai was the place to be. It had the best restaurants, the best nightclubs, the coolest people. I felt like such a country bumpkin, but I learned fast.”

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2024

So a school that I had never visited, Harvard, took an enormous risk and accepted me, and I became a token country bumpkin to round out a class of polished overachievers.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 28, 2023

Ferociously single-minded, very impressed with herself and determined to take her new school by storm, she’s also a quick-to-embarrass country bumpkin, a classic setup for teenage comedy.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2023

Far from a first-degree murder defendant facing life in prison, he looked like a bumpkin who had won a new tractor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2021

He had to prove he was not a bumpkin, but just once.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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