| 单词 | swamp yankee |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswamp Yankee swamp Yankee n. U.S. dialect (see quot. 1963). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > country dweller > [noun] countrymanc1300 landmana1400 Jack (John) Upland1402 rurala1475 rustical?1532 rusticc1550 Jock upalanda1568 John Uponlanda1568 rustican1570 countrywoman1679 country cousin1692 ruralist1739 country mouse1750 backwoodsman1774 back-countryman1796 mountaineer1837 ruralite1841 mountain man1847 smock-frock1858 way back1890 woop woop1936 swamp Yankee1941 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > of a specific country > American wool hat1794 redneck1830 swamp Yankee1941 1941 H. Kurath et al. Linguistic Atlas New Eng. II. ii. Map 450 The map shows a great variety of terms, largely derogatory and jocular, applied to a person who lives in the country—specifically to an old farmer who seldom visits the village or city. The following terms were recorded in more than one community: rustic,..swamp Yankee, hayback, hayseed or hayseeder. 1963 Amer. Speech 38 121 The term swamp Yankee may be defined as ‘a rural New England dweller who abides today as a steadfast rustic and who is of Yankee stock that has endured in the New England area since the colonial days.’ 1975 G. V. Higgins City on Hill iv. 104 That back country's full of swamp Yankees, guys..that impregnate their own daughters. < as lemmas |
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