Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Pertaining to the backwoods.

  2. (not comparable)Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. These people are from the backwoods.

    deDas sind Hinterwäldler. — Waldelfe

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  2. Tom bought a backwoods cabin that was without electricity or running water.

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  3. People who resort to ad hominem arguments are all a bunch of backwoods jackasses.

    ruТе, кто в споре используют переходы на личности в качестве аргумента, - стадо дремучих тупиц. — shanghainese

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  4. We backwoods here.

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  5. In Paris, Benjamin Franklin was considered a backwoods Voltaire.

    deIn Paris galt Benjamin Franklin als ein Hinterwald-Voltaire. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

From back + woods.

From back + woods.

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