BUMP'KIN, noun [bump, large, swelling.] An awkward heavy rustic; a clown, or country lout.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
BUMP'KIN, noun [bump, large, swelling.] An awkward heavy rustic; a clown, or country lout.
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