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local yokel
noun as in hick
noun as in redneck
Example Sentences
“My friends, this is a different governor’s campaign than we have ever seen before in our state because we are not up against a local yokel, Mississippi Democrat. We are up against a national liberal machine,” Reeves told more than 200 supporters at a campaign event in the Jackson suburb of Richland.
“My friends, this is a different governor’s campaign than we have ever seen before in our state because we are not up against a local yokel, Mississippi Democrat. We are up against a national liberal machine,” Reeves told more than 200 supporters at a campaign event in the Jackson suburb of Richland.
She writes, “I think I’m a local yokel in my heart: Go to a place and love what you can experience there, but love your locals the rest of the time. The connections when we travel are so great, and the connecting with other diners and staff when I eat out in Seattle are half the experience, as well.”
“When it comes down to it, the more money we spend within our community, the more money that stays within our community,” said Michaele Blakely, owner of Growing Things Farm in Carnation, which is part of Local Yokel’s growing network of Washington farms.
John Barnes, a 60-year-old Air Force retiree living in Albuquerque, said he liked that Trump was “hiring outsiders and not local yokel knuckleheads.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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