Backwoods
(often used with a singular verb) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts.
any remote or isolated area.
of or relating to the backwoods.
unsophisticated; uncouth.
Contemporary Examples
He suspected that the driver, who was identified as Cody Alan Legebokoff, was poaching in the backwoods.
A Teen Serial Killer in Canada? Christine Pelisek October 22, 2011
He spends his days shacked up in a 400-square-foot converted turkey coop in the backwoods of Maine.
Burt’s Bees Co-Founder Burt Shavitz on the Doc ‘Burt’s Buzz,’ and Losing Millions Marlow Stern September 10, 2013
Historical Examples
Were men not to have some compensation for the hardships of the backwoods?
Joyce of the North Woods Harriet T. Comstock
They are known as “wild meadows,” and are of frequent occurrence in the backwoods.
The Western World W.H.G. Kingston
I suppose even these backwoods beggars have to eat once in a while, Clint?
The Arrival of Jimpson Ralph Henry Barbour
Her backwoods twang sharpened as she aped some contemporary witch.
Vigorish Gordon Randall Garrett
We have just received word that the entire company will spend some months in the backwoods, getting pictures of winter scenes.
The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm Laura Lee Hope
Can any of your readers “locate it,” as we say in the backwoods of America?
Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 Various
My father started with the intention of going to the backwoods of Upper Canada.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth John Muir
The story of an ambitious, backwoods Ohio boy who rose to prominence.
‘Me-Smith’ Caroline Lockhart
plural noun
(mainly US & Canadian) partially cleared, sparsely populated forests
any remote sparsely populated place
(modifier) of, from, or like the backwoods
(modifier) uncouth; rustic
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