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hayseed noun a rustic or country yokel US, 1851 Strongly suggests a high degree of unsophistication.- [A] hayseed from Jersey who went on to great heights in the glamor field as a teacher of modeling, a radio commentator and a fashion editor, before hitting the diplomatic set. — Lee Mortimer, Women Confidential, p. 133, 1960
- Cocaine, my dear hayseed, is the most expensive high there is. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Trick Baby, p. 167, 1969
- Sometimes a hayseed from Chattanooga, Tennessee, is too confused to make a suggestion, so I make it for him. — Xaviera Hollander, The Happy Hooker, p. 179, 1972
- Looks like a hayseed bank and, tell you the truth, it is a hayseed bank. — Raising Arizona, 1987
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