Synonyms for hayseed
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hey-seed |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈheɪˌsid |
Définition of hayseed
Origin :- 1570s in the literal sense of "grass seed shaken out of hay," from hay + seed (n.). In U.S. slang sense of "comical rustic" it dates from 1875. To have hayseed in (one's) hair was a common mid-19c. way in U.S. to indicate a country person.
- The opinion of the court was delivered by Justice Hunt; the chief justice, in whose hair the Ohio hayseed still lingers, delivering a dissenting opinion (etc.) ["The Chronicle," New York, Nov. 12, 1874]
- noun bumpkin, yokel
- “Damned if I will––hayseed,” he retorted with a meaning pause and accent.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- I allow you to—er—ornament my tree, and 'tain't every hayseed I'd let do that.'
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- An' no jollyin' nor green money would change that hayseed's mind.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
- He lives on hayseed,—everywhere he's found, But in the country he does most abound.
- Extract from : « A Phenomenal Fauna » by Carolyn Wells
- Only a word now an' then about a farmer—an' somethin' about hayseed.
- Extract from : « The Panchronicon » by Harold Steele Mackaye
- They think I'm a hayseed and won't have nothin' to do with me.
- Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
- We did not care for sight-seeing, and the pastimes of the hayseed mind.
- Extract from : « Wanted: A Cook » by Alan Dale
- Grass don't grow down, and go where you will, you'll find the hayseed at the top.
- Extract from : « Wisconsin in Story and Song; » by Various
- There was no hayseed in his brain; there were no flies on his intellect.
- Extract from : « The Army Mule and Other War Sketches » by Henry A. Castle
- Oregon peach-bloom on your cheeks, too; Ill wager you are just in from the farm, you hayseed.
- Extract from : « An Oregon Girl » by Alfred Ernest Rice
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