hayseed

Example Sentences

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I, on the other hand, remain a philistine and a hayseed.

From Washington Post • Dec. 15, 2022

He chose his favored venue of the Aspen Ideas festival, where his transfixing hayseed act has been a perennial marquee attraction.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2020

When he wasn’t acting, Nabors was singing in a glorious baritone that made listeners forget all about Gomer Pyle’s hayseed twang.

From Reuters • Nov. 30, 2017

But Mr. Harron became best known for playing Charlie Farquharson, a wisecracking hayseed whose inspiration he traced to his days working on an Ontario farm.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2015

When we didn’t speak, Aileen hummed so softly and warmly, I thought of the cicadas and the crickets singing at dusk in the dust and hayseed of Uncle Earl’s farm.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely