local yokel
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In it, Mr. Stanley, as a city slicker lost in the country, questions and gets smart answers from Carter, portraying a wisecracking local yokel:
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2016
Wasn't in the top 20 but burned up the pre-draft circuit, convinced his hometown team he isn't just a local yokel.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jun. 22, 2011
Only at the fade-out is there a hint that this gangly local yokel is headed anywhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other worries include her boyfriend Lonnie, a local yokel who is obviously going nowhere, and her girlfriend Dawn, who discovers she is pregnant.
From Time Magazine Archive
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