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Herkimer Jerkimers

Herkimer Jerkimers is the plural of Herkimer Jerkimer.

Meaning of Herkimer Jerkimer

Noun

Herkimer Jerkimer (plural Herkimer Jerkimers)

  1. (New-York-City, dated, derogatory, slang) A yokel; a country bumpkin.
    • Herkimer Jerkimer, a fool, a rustic, is a "jerk from Herkimer," an impossibly remote place. This jerk was, presumably, from his upstate hometown of Herkimer, New York, ZIP code 13350.1995, Irving Lewis Allen, “The Contempt for Provincial Life”, in The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245

Questions about Herkimer Jerkimers

What is Herkimer Jerkimers the plural of?
Herkimer Jerkimers is the plural of Herkimer Jerkimer.

Words near Herkimer Jerkimers in the dictionary

  1. herkie
  2. herkies
  3. Herkimer
  4. Herkimer County
  5. Herkimer Jerkimer
  6. Herkimer Jerkimers
  7. Herkimerite
  8. herkinorin
  9. herkogamic
  10. herkogamous
  11. herkogamy

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