Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That portion of a carpenter's plane which is immediately behind the plane-iron.
Wiktionary
- adj. Native to or located in a remote rural location.
- adj. Rustic, unsophisticated, countrified.
Etymologies
- back + wood; compare backwater (Wiktionary)
Examples
“It is not easy to bring home the extent of this diversity to those who are not familiar with the physical condition of a Europe which was as yet largely in the 'backwood' stage of exploitation.”
“And in legislative circles, MMA fans are considered to be the same unsophisticated, backwood redneck types as NASCAR fans.”
“Burgundy, Austria and some Rhone plus many backwood appelation French”
“I don't even want to visit this backwood hillbilly town.”
“How long before the racism sneaks into the discourse and is there enough of it there (or xenophobia) to define us again as a nation of backwood morons? jfs Memhis, Tn”
“It's time to expose those backwood communities into cities with populations of every race in the USA.”
“No Rev Wright no backwood racist are gonna stop this train we have had enough of the way Washington is ran and its time to clean house ..”
“And I hope some here will retract their "backwood hick" insults when West Virginia gives Barack Obama 5 Electoral College Votes on November 4th.”
Poll: Obama Losing West Virginia Primary By More Than Two To One
“Probably in some backwood degree mill scam of a shack with grateful students claiming a truthful version at last.”
Comfort/Cameron Darwin giveaway -- all hat and no cattle? - The Panda's Thumb
“McManus has given us a nice though terrifying portrait of some backwood and backward mountain folks and this portrait will stick with you for a long time.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘backwood’.
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back phrases/hyphens/compounds
backache to backyard
back-ache, back-aching, back-acter, back-acting, back-answer, back-bar, back-basket, back beat, back-bias, back-blast, back-blowing, back-boiler and 342 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 441 more...
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