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Synonyms for hayseed


Grammar : Noun
Spell : hey-seed
Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪˌsid



Définition of hayseed

Origin :
  • 1570s in the literal sense of "grass seed shaken out of hay," from hay + seed (n.). In U.S. slang sense of "comical rustic" it dates from 1875. To have hayseed in (one's) hair was a common mid-19c. way in U.S. to indicate a country person.
  • The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice Hunt; the chief justice, in whose hair the Ohio hayseed still lingers, delivering a dissenting opinion (etc.) ["The Chronicle," New York, Nov. 12, 1874]
  • noun bumpkin, yokel
Example sentences :
  • “Damned if I will––hayseed,” he retorted with a meaning pause and accent.
  • Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
  • I allow you to—er—ornament my tree, and 'tain't every hayseed I'd let do that.'
  • Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • An' no jollyin' nor green money would change that hayseed's mind.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • He lives on hayseed,—everywhere he's found, But in the country he does most abound.
  • Extract from : « A Phenomenal Fauna » by Carolyn Wells
  • Only a word now an' then about a farmer—an' somethin' about hayseed.
  • Extract from : « The Panchronicon » by Harold Steele Mackaye
  • They think I'm a hayseed and won't have nothin' to do with me.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • We did not care for sight-seeing, and the pastimes of the hayseed mind.
  • Extract from : « Wanted: A Cook » by Alan Dale
  • Grass don't grow down, and go where you will, you'll find the hayseed at the top.
  • Extract from : « Wisconsin in Story and Song; » by Various
  • There was no hayseed in his brain; there were no flies on his intellect.
  • Extract from : « The Army Mule and Other War Sketches » by Henry A. Castle
  • Oregon peach-bloom on your cheeks, too; Ill wager you are just in from the farm, you hayseed.
  • Extract from : « An Oregon Girl » by Alfred Ernest Rice

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