apple-knocker

Someone who hails from a rural place and is regarded as unworldly. Ugh, those apple-knockers move too slow for life here in the big city.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

apple-knocker

A country bumpkin. One of the many terms that city slickers applied to less sophisticated rural dwellers (“rube,” “hayseed,” and “Gomer” are others). The phrase came from fruit harvesters using long sticks to dislodge the hanging crop.

Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price

See also:

knockers
buttmunch
butt-munch
(something) blows
can't (do something) to save (one's) life
can't do something to save your life
bison
butter-and-egg man
blow up (one's) phone
a copy

References in periodicals archive

Most of all, however, I lament the passing of apple-knocker and baggywrinkle.

Recycling of used words

?JOSH Pugh's A Boy Named Pugh is at mac Birmingham on Thursday, October 12; The workin-progress Nuneaton and Hinckley Technical College Revue can be seen on Sunday, October 15, at Cherry Reds, in John Bright Street, Birmingham, as part of the Birmingham Comedy Festival Free Half-Dayer (Pt2), which also sees appearances from, Hannah Silverster, Freddie Farrell, Jay Islaam, Masai Graham, Foghorn Unscripted, Gareth Berliner, The Apple-Knockers and a revival of 1960s radio series Round The Horne.

Rising star Josh gets all Technical for his Revue

词组	apple-knocker
释义	apple-knocker apple-knocker Someone who hails from a rural place and is regarded as unworldly. Ugh, those apple-knockers move too slow for life here in the big city. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. apple-knocker A country bumpkin. One of the many terms that city slickers applied to less sophisticated rural dwellers (“rube,” “hayseed,” and “Gomer” are others). The phrase came from fruit harvesters using long sticks to dislodge the hanging crop. Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: knockers buttmunch butt-munch (something) blows can't (do something) to save (one's) life can't do something to save your life bison butter-and-egg man blow up (one's) phone a copy References in periodicals archive Most of all, however, I lament the passing of apple-knocker and baggywrinkle. Recycling of used words ?JOSH Pugh's A Boy Named Pugh is at mac Birmingham on Thursday, October 12; The workin-progress Nuneaton and Hinckley Technical College Revue can be seen on Sunday, October 15, at Cherry Reds, in John Bright Street, Birmingham, as part of the Birmingham Comedy Festival Free Half-Dayer (Pt2), which also sees appearances from, Hannah Silverster, Freddie Farrell, Jay Islaam, Masai Graham, Foghorn Unscripted, Gareth Berliner, The Apple-Knockers and a revival of 1960s radio series Round The Horne. Rising star Josh gets all Technical for his Revue
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