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bumpkin (n.)
"awkward country fellow," 1560s, probably from Middle Dutch
bommekijn
"little barrel," diminutive of
boom
"tree" (see
beam
(n.)). Apparently, though itself Dutch, it began as a derogatory reference to Dutch people as short and dumpy.
