joskin
UK/ˈd͡ʒɒs.kɪn/US/ˈd͡ʒɑs.kɪn/
joskin noun: a yokel, country bumpkin.
Noun
joskin (plural joskins)
- A yokel, country bumpkin.
- — ‘But look at him,’ groaned Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Will any coach—’
— ‘I don’t mean that he thould go in the comic livery,’ said Sleary. ‘Thay the word, and I’ll make a Jothkin of him, out of the wardrobe, in five minutes.’
— ‘I don’t understand,’ said Mr. Gradgrind.
— ‘A Jothkin—a Carter. Make up your...1854, Charles Dickens, chapter 7, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC - A Joskin's Vocabulary Of the various Slang Words now in constant use; the whole being a Moving Picture of all the New Moves and Artful Dodges practised at the present day1934, Iwan Bloch, Sex Life in England, volumes 1-2, Panurge Press, page 309
- Synonyms:
- bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker
- — ‘But look at him,’ groaned Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Will any coach—’
Synonyms of joskin
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Forms of joskin
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Origin of joskin
Blend of Joss + bumpkin. Compare yokel, from German Jokel < Jakob.
Questions about joskin
- What does joskin mean?
- Joskin means a yokel, country bumpkin.
- What part of speech is joskin?
- Joskin is a noun.
- How do you pronounce joskin?
- Joskin is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒs.kɪn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of joskin?
- The plural of joskin is joskins.
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