Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
local yokel
A native or inhabitant of a particular locale, as in She’s only gone out with local yokels, so she’s not used to more sophisticated men. This disparaging rhyming term was first used by troops stationed away from home. [Slang; mid-1900s]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Related Words for local yokel hillbilly, rube, clodhopper, bumpkin, boor, rustic, hayseed, farmer, yokel, redneck, rural, cornfed
