Synonyms for the sticks
- outback
- wilderness
- back o' beyond
- back of beyond
- backwoods
- boondocks
- boonies
- godforsaken place
- hinterland
- the boonies
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WORD ORIGIN
"rural place," 1905, from sticks in slang sense of "trees" (cf. backwoods). See stick (n.).
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back country
nounundeveloped rural areaRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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