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Phrase(s): local yokel
a local resident of a rural place. (Mildly derogatory.) • One of the local yokels helped me change the tire. • The local yokels all listen to the same radio station.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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A native or inhabitant of a particular locale, as in She's only gone out with local yokels, so she's not used to more sophisticated men. This disparaging rhyming term was first used by troops stationed away from home. [Slang; mid1900s]
American Heritage Idioms