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   bump·kin

   /ˈbəm(p)kən/

   noun

   • 1. an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside: "she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin"

   Word Origin late 16th century: perhaps from Dutch boomken ‘little tree’ or Middle Dutch bommekijn ‘little barrel’, used to denote a dumpy person.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bumpkinish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • B

     3

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • P

     3

   • K

     5

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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