rustical

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Was it possible that in the whirligig of time a future could lie before one so uncouth and rustical?

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

Neither is he very happy in trees, and such rustical produce; or, rather, we should say, he is very original, his trees being decidedly of his own make and composition, not imitated from any master.

From George Cruikshank by Thackeray, William Makepeace

The wayfarer who wends through this rustical district will hardly fail to observe the prevailing taste for lightning-rods.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 by Various

Shall we, I say, have no recreation? or must our recreations be ever clownish, or childish, consisting merely in rustical efforts, or in petty sleights of bodily strength and activity? 

From Sermons on Evil-Speaking by Barrow, Isaac

"He is of a rustical cut, I know not how; he doth not carry himself like a gentleman of fashion."

From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan