hayseed

[ hey-seed ]

/ ˈheɪˌsid /

grass seed, especially that shaken out of hay.

small bits of the chaff, straw, etc., of hay.

an unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel; hick.

Origin of hayseed

First recorded in 1570–80; hay + seed

haynes, hayrack, hayrick, hayride, hays, hayseed, haystack, hayti, hayward, haywire, haywood

We did not care for sight-seeing, and the pastimes of the hayseed mind.

Wanted: A Cook |Alan Dale
There was no hayseed in his brain; there were no flies on his intellect.

The Army Mule and Other War Sketches |Henry A. Castle
In one place a man kicked me out, and in another place a lot of boys called me 'Hayseed,' and threw lumps of dirt at me.

From Farm to Fortune |Horatio Alger Jr.
Then he took Jim's cowboy hat, and slouched the brim down front like a hayseed boy.

Curly |Roger Pocock

Then he appears again, in damaged homespun, combs the hayseed out of his hair, and takes a pilot-house berth for the winter.

Life On The Mississippi, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

hayseed

/ (ˈheɪˌsiːd) /

seeds or fragments of grass or straw

US and Canadian informal, derogatory a yokel