country bookie
/ˈkʌntri ˌbʊki/Caribbean
noun
An unsophisticated person from the country.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Penny Cuts (Trinidad). Probably from country + a variant or alteration of buckie; compare country buckie, which is attested in Scotland in the 19th cent. and may have been brought to Trinidad by Scottish settlers.
- sleep-away camp
- sleep deprivation
- sleep-deprived
- sleep easy
- sleeper
- bioactive
- bioactivity
- bioadhesive
- bioaerosol
- bioagent
- bioanalysis
- bioanalyst
- bioanalytic
- bioanalytical
- bioanthropology
- bioarchaeological
- bioarchaeologist
- bioarchaeology
- bioarcheology
- bioartificial
- bioassay
- bioassayable
- bioastronautic
- bioastronautical
- bioastronautics