joskin

joskin

English

Etymology

After bumpkin (“yokel”) — dialect joss (“bump”)

Noun

joskin (plural joskins)

1. a yokel, country bumpkin
   • 1854, Dickens, Hard Times, Part 3, Chapter 7:

     - ‘But look at him,’ groaned Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Will any coach—’

     - ‘I don’t mean that he thould go in the comic livery,’ said Sleary. ‘Thay the word, and I’ll make a Jothkin of him, out of the wardrobe, in five minutes.’

     - ‘I don’t understand,’ said Mr. Gradgrind.

     - ‘A Jothkin—a Carter. Make up your mind quick, Thquire. There’ll be beer to feth. I’ve never met with nothing but beer ath’ll ever clean a comic blackamoor.’

   • 2012, Stephen Wakelam. (BBC, Journal of a Joskin - a dramatisation of the diaries of Fred Kitchen).

Translations

yokel — see country bumpkin

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Finnish

Etymology

Lative adverbial case of jokin.

Conjunction

joskin

1. even though, although

   Hän on täysin normaali, joskin totinen lukiolainen.

   He is a completely normal, though serious high school student.

See also

• joskaan
• josko
• jospa