Citations:bumpkin

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English citations of bumpkin

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  • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
    No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one — I mean a downright bumpkin dandy — a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.
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