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   yokel
         n 1: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in
               culture [syn: {yokel}, {rube}, {hick}, {yahoo}, {hayseed},
               {bumpkin}, {chawbacon}]

English Dictionary: yokel by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yaffle \Yaf"fle\, n. [Probably imitative of its call or cry.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The European green woodpecker ({Picus, [or] Genius,
      viridis}). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called
      also {eccle}, {hewhole}, {highhoe}, {laughing bird},
      {popinjay}, {rain bird}, {yaffil}, {yaffler}, {yaffingale},
      {yappingale}, {yackel}, and {woodhack}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yockel \Yock"el\, n. [Cf. {Yokel}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      The yaffle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yokel \Yo"kel\, n. [Perhaps from an AS. word akin to E. gawk.]
      A country bumpkin. [Eng.] --Dickens.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yuckel \Yuck"el\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Yockel}.
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