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bumpkin
bumpkin, or bumkin, originally a short boom projecting forward one either side of the bows of a square-rigged sailing ship, used to extend the clew of the foresail to windward. It had a block fixed to the outer end through which the tack was rove and hauled aboard. Similarly, it was the name of a short boom which extended from each quarter of a sailing vessel to carry the main brace blocks. In its modern meaning it is a short spar extending directly over the stern of a sailing vessel to which the mizzen sheet is rove in cases where the mizzen-mast is stepped so far aft that there is not enough room inboard to trim the sheet. The name is also used to describe a short spar extending from the stem of a yacht in place of a bowsprit.
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"bumpkin." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bumpkin." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-bumpkin.html "bumpkin." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-bumpkin.html |
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bumpkin XVI. The earliest ex., with the gloss Batavus Batavian, suggests that it was orig. applied joc. to Dutchmen; perh. — Du. boomken little tree, or MDu. bommekijn little barrel, used fig. for ‘squat figure’.
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T. F. HOAD. "bumpkin." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bumpkin." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bumpkin.html T. F. HOAD. "bumpkin." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bumpkin.html |
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bump·kin / ˈbəmpkin/ • n. inf., often derog. an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from a rural area: a country bumpkin. |
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"bumpkin." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bumpkin." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bumpkin.html "bumpkin." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bumpkin.html |
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bumpkin
•grimalkin • lambkin • napkin • gaskin
•lambskin • catkin
•Larkin, parkin
•calfskin • sharkskin • welkin
•Potemkin • Jenkin • redskin
•bearskin • snakeskin • Deakin
•sealskin • sheepskin • chicken
•limpkin • pipkin
•griskin, siskin
•pigskin • spillikin • ramekin
•manikin, mannequin, pannikin
•minikin • larrikin • Zworykin
•wineskin • bodkin • Hodgkin
•Donkin
•Algonquin, Tonkin
•Hopkin
•Kropotkin, Watkin
•walk-in • foreskin • doeskin
•moleskin • goatskin • oilskin
•coonskin • wolfskin • Pushkin
•bumpkin, pumpkin
•buskin, Ruskin
•buckskin • deerskin • baldachin
•manakin
•firkin, gherkin, jerkin, merkin, Perkin
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"bumpkin." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bumpkin." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bumpkin.html "bumpkin." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bumpkin.html |
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