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ˈchaw-bacon
[f. chaw v. + bacon n.]
A ludicrous or contemptuous designation for a country clown; a bumpkin.
1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 379 You live cheap with chaw-bacons, and see a fine flat country. 1863Cornh. Mag. Mar. 444 His companions are all the while laughing at him as an innocent, as a greenhorn, as a chawbacon. 1880Jefferies Gr. Ferne F. 70 Half a dozen grinning chaw⁓bacons watching him. |