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yokel noun an unsophisticated, gullible person, especially one with a rural background UK, 1812- Generally speaking, the kinds of yokels we spell with a capital Y prefer inns in the Times Square district. — Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer, New York Confidential, p. 202, 1948
- They put him on his mettle, added zest to his existence in a way that the yokels never could. — Jim Thompson, Bad Boy, p. 353, 1953
- I’m no yokel. Why, I was all the way to Miami once. — Body Heat, 1980
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