hayseed

nounbumpkin, yokel

Synonyms for hayseed

noun bumpkin, yokel

Word Origin & History

1570s in the literal sense of "grass seed shaken out of hay," from hay + seed (n.). In U.S. slang sense of "comical rustic" it dates from 1875. To have hayseed in (one's) hair was a common mid-19c. way in U.S. to indicate a country person.

Example Sentences for hayseed

“Damned if I will––hayseed,” he retorted with a meaning pause and accent.

I allow you to—er—ornament my tree, and 'tain't every hayseed I'd let do that.'

An' no jollyin' nor green money would change that hayseed's mind.

He lives on hayseed,—everywhere he's found, But in the country he does most abound.

Only a word now an' then about a farmer—an' somethin' about hayseed.

They think I'm a hayseed and won't have nothin' to do with me.

We did not care for sight-seeing, and the pastimes of the hayseed mind.

Grass don't grow down, and go where you will, you'll find the hayseed at the top.

There was no hayseed in his brain; there were no flies on his intellect.

Oregon peach-bloom on your cheeks, too; Ill wager you are just in from the farm, you hayseed.

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Synonyms for hayseed

clown

country bumpkin

greenhorn

hick

lummox

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More words related to hayseed

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clown

country bumpkin

greenhorn

hick

lummox

Synonyms for hayseed

bumpkin