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¹ = churl, rube, hick.

Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.

Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.

Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.