chawbacon

noun

ˈchȯ-ˌbā-kən How to pronounce chawbacon (audio)
Definition of chawbaconnext
as in peasant
an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country the townspeople were offended by the documentary's portrayal of them as an unwashed mass of chawbacons

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  1. peasant
  2. rustic
  3. hick
  4. clown
  5. bumpkin
  6. provincial
  7. yokel
  8. hayseed
Noun
  • Ten years later, Chloe Sevigny donned a choppy peroxide wig, a partial suit of armor and a white muslin peasant dress for her Joan of Arc Halloween costume.
    Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
  • While painting a Nuenen man, the forger missed a long vertical stick used by Brabant peasants to carry bundles of wood on their backs.
    Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of peasant
Noun
  • With its abundance of local art and the low-key rustic—yet no doubt pricey—details that adorn its interiors, this sprawling campus provides the ultimate eco-luxe immersion.
    Jessica Ritz, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
  • The vibe: Elevated and modern with a touch of rustic.
    Laura Barrero, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
Definition of rustic
Noun
  • In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her.
    D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
  • In the special, taped at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Kober brings audiences together with stories about dealing with hometown hicks, unforgiving fruit flies and California candy cartels.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 June 2024
Definition of hick
Noun
  • The clowns there, contributed by donors worldwide, are not for sale.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The parade’s 98th year was the largest yet, with more than 5,000 volunteers, 17 character balloons, 22 floats, 15 heritage and novelty balloons, more than 700 clowns, 11 marching bands and 10 performance groups.
    Violet Goldstone, WWD, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of clown
Noun
  • Emily in Paris On Location: Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris Rediscover Paris as Chicago bumpkin Emily (played by Lily Collins) moves there for a job and takes you to places like Galeries Lafayette, Galerie-Musee Baccarat and Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris.
    Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024
  • At their worst, these histories, like the Soviet one, reduce Ukrainians to lazy, irresponsible, prejudiced country bumpkins with exaggerated penchants for vodka and violence.
    Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2016
Definition of bumpkin
Noun
  • The gilets jaunes protests, a largely peri-urban phenomenon, inverted the roles played by Parisians and provincials in 1871.
    Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Until recently, attendees at such a talk would have seen themselves as mere provincials gathering to hear a report from the great halls of power in London and Washington.
    Jonathan Kay, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Definition of provincial
Noun
  • Florida yokels versus the elite Hollywood movie-star kind of group.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
  • Ben’s refusal to stand down for a middle-aged white man seeking to wrest power from him was radical, as was the film’s ending, in which the hero was shot by yokels failing to distinguish him from the zombies previously described as animals.
    Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
Definition of yokel
Noun
  • Mantle was the voluble hayseed from Oklahoma who could hit anything but was corrupted by the big city, and wound up undone by alcohol and knee injuries.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
  • Today, the variety shows’ wise-clown hayseeds (overalls, prosthetic teeth, silly hats, no shoes) are the ones who get all the good lines, whose material is distinctive in its political sensibility and cultural hobbyhorses.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
Definition of hayseed
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