Chris Tarrant

My grandad was the most wonderful man. He was a bit like me. He was basically a country bumpkin but he did well; he became managing director of quite a successful company but all he really wanted to do was to come home, put his disgusting old trampy clothes on and go for walks across the country.

English Celebrity

Sally Field

Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance.

American Actress

Amybeth McNulty

I live in the middle of nowhere. I'm a country bumpkin in Ireland, in Donegal, and to go from that to Toronto, huge city, massive buildings just stretching so tall.

Irish Actress

Shabana Azmi

Earlier, there were only two hairstyles. If the hero had a fringe, he was village bumpkin. If he slicked his hair back, he was an urban sophisticate.

Indian Actress

Cass Elliot

I was just a bumpkin. Just a country bumpkin. I had just come to New York from Virginia. Or was it Baltimore?

American Musician

Ming-Na Wen

When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin.

Chinese Actress

Roy Clark

I was the token bumpkin. It became, 'Let's get that Clark guy. He's easy to get along with.

American Entertainer

Agnetha Faltskog

I'm a country bumpkin. I'm not a showgirl.

Swedish Musician

Bumpkin often reflects a stereotype and might offend. Use carefully.

Cultural Stereotype

Bumpkin is informal and more common in spoken language than in formal writing.

Informal Speech

The term can be derogatory, implying a lack of intelligence or culture.

Negative Connotation

 longest time it was considered relatively common so clowning has always been very much a art form of the street Shakespeare ultimately came up with the word clown in trying to describe a country bumpkin character or a simpler