Joskin


[jos-kin] /ˈdʒɒs kɪn/

noun, Chiefly British Slang.
1.
a bumpkin.

noun

Arustic; hick •Still chiefly British

[1811+; fr British dialect joss, ”bump,” with wordplay on bumpkin]

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