local yokel
Example Sentences
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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
Today's provincial may be someone who is not "with it" or not "cool" enough�or a local yokel with bizarre ideas that reside lobe-by-lobe with his business acumen.
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
Only at the fade-out is there a hint that this gangly local yokel is headed anywhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
