rustical

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Mr. Mockmode! what a rustical expression that is!

From History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour by L'Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingan

The drawing was full of rustical suggestion, touched here and there by a harsh realism that did but heighten the general harmony.

From Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

"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

The homely sound, likewise, of a rustical hornpipe is more agreeable to my ears than the curious warbling and musical quavering of lutes, theorbos, viols, rebecs, and violins.

From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony

"Why, man," a third voice, somewhat nasal and rustical, struck in, "don't you know the Mayor of Bottitort?"

From From the Memoirs of a Minister of France by Weyman, Stanley John