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yo·kel (yō′kəl)

noun

a person living in a rural area; rustic; country bumpkin: a contemptuous term

Etymology: prob. < dial., green woodpecker

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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