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bumpkin

n.
US //ˈbəmpkɪn// UK //bˈʌmpkɪn// bump·kin
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Origin

From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.

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