the backwoods

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  • 13the sticks — the countryside, a rural or provincial place, the backwoods . Originally, in the USA and Canada, a humorous refer ence to trees, the term had spread to other English speaking areas by the 1950s. He lives way out in the sticks somewhere Ongar I… …

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  • 14backwoods — [[t]bæ̱kwʊdz[/t]] N PLURAL If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life. I picked up two guys in the backwoods of Louisiana. ...a backwoods section of Kentucky …

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  • 15backwoods — /ˈbækwʊdz / (say bakwoodz) plural noun 1. → back country. 2. Chiefly US wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts. 3. any unfamiliar or unfrequented area: the backwoods of English literature. –adjective Also, backwood. 4. of or… …

  • 16the sticks — (informal) THE COUNTRY, the countryside, rural areas, the provinces; the backwoods, the back of beyond, the wilds, the hinterland, a backwater; N. Amer. the backcountry, the backland; Austral./NZ …

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  • 17backwoods — 1. noun /ˈbakˌwʊdz/ a) Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America. about that time, you may [...] reckon, if like me you belong to the back woods, that I began to make up my acquaintance with hard times, and a plenty of them.… …

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  • 18backwoods — /bak woodz /, n. 1. (often used with a sing. v.) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts. 2. any remote or isolated area. adj. Also, backwood, backwoodsy. 3. of or pertaining to the backwoods. 4. unsophisticated; uncouth. [1700 10,… …

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  • 19backwoods — plural noun they re bringing cable TV to the backwoods Syn: back of beyond, remote areas, wilds, bush, bush country, bushland, hinterlands, backwater; backcountry, backlands; middle of nowhere; informal sticks, boondocks, boonies, tall timbers …

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  • 20backwoods — back•woods [[t]ˈbækˈwʊdz[/t]] n. 1) (often used with a sing. v.) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts 2) any remote or isolated area 3) of or pertaining to the backwoods 4) unsophisticated; uncouth Also, back′wood′, back′woods′y …

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