local yokel

local yokel
[“lokl “jokl] n. a local resident of a rural place. (Mildly derogatory.)
One of the local yokels helped me change the tire.
The local yokels all listen to the same radio station.

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  • local yokel — {n.}, {slang}, {citizen s hand radio jargon} City police officer, as opposed to state police or highway patrol. * /There s a local yokel westbound on the move./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • local yokel — {n.}, {slang}, {citizen s hand radio jargon} City police officer, as opposed to state police or highway patrol. * /There s a local yokel westbound on the move./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • local yokel — resident of a town or rural community, local resident    We were lost, so we stopped and asked a local yokel for help …   English idioms

  • local\ yokel — noun slang citizen s hand radio jargon City police officer, as opposed to state police or highway patrol. There s a local yokel westbound on the move …   Словарь американских идиом

  • local yokel with a customer — Trucker slang for City police officer with someone pulled over as in You ve got a local yokel with a customer on your side …   Dictionary of automotive terms

  • local yokel — Trucker slang for City police officer as in That town up ahead is crawling with local yokels …   Dictionary of automotive terms

  • local yokel — /loʊkəl ˈjoʊkəl/ (say lohkuhl yohkuhl) noun Colloquial (humorous) an inhabitant of a particular town, suburb, etc …  

  • yokel — See local yokel …   English idioms

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  • local — adj 1. positional, locational, spatial, situational. 2. provincial, parochial, municipal, regional, sectional, divisional, territorial; county, district, town, city; neighborhood, small town, red brick. 3. home, homemade, homespun; native,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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