different between bumpkin vs bushie

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?mpk?n/
• Hyphenation: bump?kin

Noun

bumpkin (plural bumpkins)

1. A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
2. (nautical) A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
3. Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
   • 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Phantom, Act 1.

     They mix with Dancers, who now advance to the front, where a bumpkin, or dance of many interwoven reels, is performed; after which the Bride is led to a seat, and some of her Maidens sit by her.

Derived terms

• country bumpkin
• joskin

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• bushy

Etymology

From bush +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, UK) IPA^(key): /?b??i/

Noun

bushie (plural bushies)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Someone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushwoman.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 184:

     I bought the king parrot from an old bushie in a pub in Exhibition Street.

   • 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage 2015, p. 179:

     Timber was a sign of poverty, of our poor-white condition and backwardness: it made ‘bushies’ of us.