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A country bumpkin. One of the many terms that city slickers applied to less sophisticated rural dwellers (“rube,” “hayseed,” and “Gomer” are others). The phrase came from fruit harvesters using long sticks to dislodge the hanging crop.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Parviz	-	Persian
Arne	[a:n]
Maria	[mə'ri:ə]
Perpetua	per-PE-twah (Spanish)	Spanish, Late Roman
Kathrine	-	Danish, Norwegian
Absalom	AB-sə-lahm (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin