noun
definition
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
definition
A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
Examples of bumpkin in a Sentence
She was the country bumpkin, not him.
His birth father already suspected she was a country bumpkin.
I was born and grew up in Dorchester, Dorset and I am a proper west Country bumpkin!
This look may have been deemed 'country bumpkin' in the past; however, the 21st century has seen the rebirth of this look as a fashion statement that's fresh and fun.
Where's your country bumpkin?
No agitation for the development of national defences, no beating of drums to awaken the military spirit, no anti-foreign clamour or invasion panic, no parading of uniforms and futile clash of arms, are necessary to entice the groundling and the bumpkin into the service.
She was the country bumpkin that he had to drag everywhere or be accused of being insensitive.