yokelry
US/ˈjoʊkəlɹi/
yokelry noun: a class of rural, uneducated, or unsophisticated people; rubes; peasants; the hoi polloi.
Noun
yokelry (usually uncountable, plural yokelries)
- A class of rural, uneducated, or unsophisticated people; rubes; peasants; the hoi polloi.
- When the professors touch the caustic to the American yokelry for its lavish esteem of such mush as "Peg o' My Heart," do the solemn comedians not recall that the British yokelry has esteemed it no less?1918, George Jean Nathan, The Popular Theatre, page 61
- A desire to dazzle the yokelry in the $2.75 box seats will account for a good deal of the coloring of Mr. Wylie's writing.1948, Edwin Seaver, editor, Cross Section 1948: A Collection of New American Writing, page 422
Forms of yokelry
| plural | yokelries |
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Origin of yokelry
From yokel + -ry.
Questions about yokelry
- What does yokelry mean?
- Yokelry means a class of rural, uneducated, or unsophisticated people; rubes; peasants; the hoi polloi.
- What part of speech is yokelry?
- Yokelry is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yokelry?
- Yokelry is pronounced /ˈjoʊkəlɹi/ (US).
- What is the plural of yokelry?
- The plural of yokelry is yokelries.
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