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hayseed
hayseed
English
Noun
hayseed (countable and uncountable, plural hayseeds)
- (countable, uncountable) Seeds from grass that has become hay.
- (countable, uncountable) Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.
- (countable) A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.
Translations
seeds
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cruft
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rustic person
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Adjective
hayseed (comparative more hayseed, superlative most hayseed)
- Characteristic of a hayseed (person).
- 1988, Richard Sapir, Quest
- And when he got his first demand, he shook his head and put a pained expression on his face, and in his most hayseed manner allowed as how things were kind of different now.
- 1988, Richard Sapir, Quest