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plural bumpkins
A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel. examples
(nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay. examples
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish. quotations examples
They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.
1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, act 1