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backwoods|ˈbækˈwʊdz|
[f. back a.]
a. Wild, uncleared forest-land; e.g. that of North America. Also a remote and sparsely inhabited region.
1709J. Lawson Voyage to Carolina 139 He [sc. the pheasant] haunts the back Woods, and is seldom found near the Inhabitants. 1807Repertory (Boston) 15 Dec. (Th.), The members from the back woods seem to be the deepest skilled and most active men in Congress. 1832F. Trollope Dom. Manners Amer. xv. 233 The prospect of passing a night in the back woods of Indiana was by no means agreeable. 1834Chambers' Jrnl. III. 40 Your widely-circulated Journal having even reached these backwoods. 1859Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) IV. xxxix. 389 The latest conquests of Rome annexed the backwoods of Gaul.
b. attrib. Also backwood. Also Comb., as backwoods-trained adj.; backwoods peer = next, b.
1784J. F. D. Smyth Tour U.S. I. i. 12 The American soldiery, chiefly then back-woods riflemen. 1822J. Flint Lett. Amer. 207 His live-stock soon becomes much more numerous than that of his back-wood predecessor. 1863Pilgr. over Prairies II. 107 Enjoying ourselves in the approved backwoods fashion. 1905E. W. Hornung Thief in Night 110 Parrington, the backwoods novelist..one of the shaggiest dogs I have ever seen in evening dress. 1921Gill & Valentine Govt. & People x. 105 ‘Backwoods’ Peers, who take little interest in politics. 1942W. Faulkner Go down, Moses 204 Ashby..leads a handful of troops he never saw before against an entrenched position of backwoods-trained riflemen. 1956A. L. Rowse Early Churchills 109 Lord Belasyse, who—though a backwoods Catholic peer—was not without nous. |