English Explanatory Dictionary

Herkimer Jerkimer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yokel; a country bumpkin.

Word forms

Herkimer Jerkimer Herkimer Jerkimers

Etymology

A reduplicated rhyming compound, from Herkimer and jerk. First appeared during the 1940s.

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