Hawbuck

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A vulgar, ignorant country fellow. obsolete

    "In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing."

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"In fact, a horse that has been accustomed to be attended by a stableman will want to have little niceties done to him that a hawbuck of a groom never thinks of doing."

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