joskin

English

Etymology

After bumpkin (“yokel”) — dialect joss (“bump”)

Noun

joskin (plural joskins)

1. a yokel, country bumpkin
   • 1854, Charles Dickens, “Chapter 7”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], →OCLC:

     - ‘But look at him,’ groaned Mr. Gradgrind. ‘Will any coach—’
     - ‘I don’t mean that he thould go in the comic livery,’ said Sleary. ‘Thay the word, and I’ll make a Jothkin of him, out of the wardrobe, in five minutes.’
     - ‘I don’t understand,’ said Mr. Gradgrind.
     - ‘A Jothkin—a Carter. Make up your mind quick, Thquire. There’ll be beer to feth. I’ve never met with nothing but beer ath’ll ever clean a comic blackamoor.’

   • 2012, Stephen Wakelam. (BBC, Journal of a Joskin - a dramatisation of the diaries of Fred Kitchen).

Translations

yokel — see country bumpkin

Finnish

Etymology

jos +‎ -kin

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoskin/, [ˈjo̞s̠k̟in]
• Rhymes: -oskin
• Syllabification^(key): jos‧kin

Conjunction

joskin

1. (chiefly in the positive) though, even though, although

   Hän on täysin normaali, joskin totinen lukiolainen.

   He is a completely normal, though serious high school student.

Usage notes

polarity pair	positive	joskin
	negative	joskaan

Synonyms

• jos kohta, vaikkakin

See also

• josko
• jospa

Further reading

• “joskin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02