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   yokel-like
         adj 1: stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants;
                  "the boy's empty yokel-like expression"

English Dictionary: yokelish by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
yokelish
adj
  1. (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace [syn: {ill- bred}, bounderish, lowbred, rude, underbred, yokelish]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yak \Yak\ (y[acr]k), n. [Thibetan gyag.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A bovine mammal ({Po[89]phagus grunnies}) native of the high
      plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs,
      and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair.
      Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an
      ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are
      several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane
      and the long hair on the flanks. Called also {chauri gua},
      {grunting cow}, {grunting ox}, {sarlac}, {sarlik}, and
      {sarluc}.
  
      {Yak lace}, a coarse pillow lace made from the silky hair of
            the yak.
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