joskin

English

Etymology

After bumpkin (yokel) dialect joss (bump)

Noun

joskin (plural joskins)

  1. a yokel, country bumpkin
    • 1854, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 7”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, [], →OCLC:
      - ‘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

Finnish

Etymology

jos + -kin

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjoskin/, [ˈjo̞s̠k̟in]
  • Rhymes: -oskin
  • Syllabification(key): jos‧kin

Conjunction

joskin

  1. (chiefly in the positive) though, even though, although
    Hän on täysin normaali, joskin totinen lukiolainen.
    He is a completely normal, though serious high school student.

Usage notes

polarity
pair
positive joskin
negative joskaan

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