Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That portion of a carpenter's plane which is immediately behind the plane-iron.
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- adjective Native to or located in a
remote rural location. - adjective
Rustic ,unsophisticated ,countrified .
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
The Unity of Civilization Various
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Burgundy, Austria and some Rhone plus many backwood appelation French
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Burgundy, Austria and some Rhone plus many backwood appelation French
TasteCamp 2009
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And in legislative circles, MMA fans are considered to be the same unsophisticated, backwood redneck types as NASCAR fans.
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I don't even want to visit this backwood hillbilly town.
GOP congressman heckles Obama during health-care speech 2009
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And in legislative circles, MMA fans are considered to be the same unsophisticated, backwood redneck types as NASCAR fans.
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It's time to expose those backwood communities into cities with populations of every race in the USA.
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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 ..
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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
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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 2009
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