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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Bumpkin

A loutish person. (Dutch, boomken, a sprout, a fool.) This word very closely resembles the word “chit.” (See Chitty.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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