yokel

yokel englannista suomeksi

1. maalaistollo

0. Substantiivi

1. maalaisjuntti, juntti

yokel englanniksi

1. A person from or living in the countryside, viewed as being unsophisticated or naive.

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2. (RQ:Dickens Oliver Twist) my opinion at once is (..) that this robbery wasn’t done by a yokel―eh, Duff?”“Certainly not,” replied Duff.“And, translating the word yokel, for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be that this attempt was not made by a countryman?” said Mr. Losberne with a smile.

3. (RQ:Thackeray Vanity Fair) and yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind.

4. {{quote-book|en|year=1895|author=Stephen Crane|title=The Red Badge of Courage|location=New York|publisher=Appleton|chapter=8|page=88|url=https://archive.org/details/redbadgeofcourag1895cran/page/n97/mode/1up?q=yokel

5. {{quote-text|en|year=1985|author=Peter De Vries|title=The Prick of Noon|url=https://archive.org/details/prickofnoon00devr/page/119/mode/1up?q=yokels|chapter=6|page=119|publisher=Penguin

6. 1993, (w), ''(w),'' London: Phoenix, 1994, Chapter(nbs)8.6, p.(nbs)560,https://archive.org/details/suitableboynovel0000seth/page/560/mode/1up?q=yokels

‘You may think that because you live in Brahmpur you have seen the world―or more of the world than we poor yokels see. But some of us yokels have also seen the world―and not just the world of Brahmpur, but of Bombay. (..)’