SF NY's definitions

bumpkin

An unsophisticated person. Not very intellegent or interested in culture.

Generally refers to someone living in a rural area.


Bumpkin is a derivative of bum, “the rear end. It may come from either the Middle Dutch word bommekijn, “ a little barrel,” or the Flemish word boomken, “shrub" Such a person may easily have been compared to a block of wood;

That country Bumpkin just sits on his porch and whittles.

by SF NY March 30, 2004