What does bumpkin mean?
Bumpkin means A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel..
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/ˈbʌmpkɪn/ · noun
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel..
Since the onset of modernity in the nineteenth century, West Bengalis or ghotis from the Calcutta area, who are generally Hindu, have enjoyed a certain cultural ascendancy within Bengal: they consider themselves more modern, more culturally refined, and more progressive than the bangals, who are dismissed as comparatively backward country bumpkins.
They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.
Use bumpkin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bumpkin means A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel..
Common synonyms include bogan, boor, bumpkin, chawbacon.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Since the onset of modernity in the nineteenth century, West Bengalis or ghotis from the Calcutta area, who are generally Hindu, have enjoyed a certain cultural ascendancy within Bengal: they consider themselves more modern, more culturally refined, and more progressive than the bangals, who are dismissed as comparatively backward country bumpkins.
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