chawbacon
noun
chaw·ba·con ˈchȯ-ˌbā-kən 
: bumpkin, hick
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Chaw is an alteration of chew that is still used in some English dialects, especially in rural areas. Cured pork, or bacon, was a staple of some rural folks’ diets in the past. Since the 16th century, chaw has been combined with bacon to create a ludicrous name for an uncultured yokel. Over the centuries, the word has lent its delicious dialect flavor to a wide range of publications, but it has become less common in recent decades. Today, city dwellers are as likely as country folk to chow down on bacon, and the word chawbacon isn’t often on the lips of either group.
Synonyms
- bumpkin
- churl
- clodhopper
- cornball
- countryman
- hayseed
- hick
- provincial
- rube
- rustic
- yokel
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Example Sentences
the townspeople were offended by the documentary's portrayal of them as an unwashed mass of chawbacons
Word History
Etymology
chaw entry 1 + bacon
First Known Use
1537, in the meaning defined above
chawbacon
noun
as in rustic
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rustic
- peasant
- hick
- bumpkin
- clown
- provincial
- yokel
- hayseed
- mountaineer
- rube
- countryman
- cornball
- peon
- greenhorn
- gawk
- boor
- tenderfoot
- backwoodsman
- clodhopper
- lout
- churl
- oaf
- clod
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cosmopolitan
- smoothie
- sophisticate
- slicker
- cosmopolite
- metropolitan
- suburbanite
- smoothy
- urbanite