BUMPKIN


Meaning of BUMPKIN in English

/ ˈbʌmpkɪn; NAmE / noun

= country bumpkin

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: perhaps from Dutch boomken little tree or Middle Dutch bommekijn little barrel, used to denote a dumpy person.

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