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Noun
/ˈbəmpkin/,
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bumpkins, plural;
  1. An unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside
    • - she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin
  1. yokel: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
  2. (bumpkinly) awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
  3. A bumpkin is a Spar extending beyond the stern of a sailing vessel to provide an attachment point for a Backstay or the sheet of a mizzen. Joshua Slocum's Spray was a yawl with a bumpkin.
  4. This is a list of animals that appear in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. In addition, this list encompasses several living creatures that were referred to at some point by Tolkien as being beast-shaped Maiar (angelic beings) rather than proper animals; such cases are annotated.
  5. (Bumpkins) Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest. Synonyms for yokel include country bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon, redneck and hick.
  6. a clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel; a short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay
  7. (Bumpkins) Frames which extend on either side of the cableship's stern. Used to keep cable/rope clear of the propellers during transfer operations.
  8. Pieces of timber projecting from the vessel, to board the fore tack to; and from each quarter, for the main brace-blocks.
  9. an awkward or simple person from the country.
  10. spar projecting from stern of ship
  11. An iron bar (projecting out-board from a ship's side) to which the lower and topsail brace blocks are sometimes hooked).