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"word": "jói"
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"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
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"word": "terrone"
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"word": "ruricola"
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"word": "kʼos łichíʼí"
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"word": "caipira"
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"word": "פּויער"
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"roman": "tǔbāozi",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"word": "土包子"
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"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"word": "鄉巴佬"
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"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"word": "pailán"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"word": "ruricola"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "séljak",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "се́лјак"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"word": "kʼos łichíʼí"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "redneck"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bondetamp"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "burak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "caipira"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "derevénščina",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дереве́нщина"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nevéžda",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "неве́жда"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "néuč",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "не́уч"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lox",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"slang"
],
"word": "лох"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paleto"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "poyer",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פּויער"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "zhlob",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "זשלאָב"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "hekmentsh",
"sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "העקמענטש"
}
],
"word": "redneck"
}
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