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hayseed
Slang
n.
a farmer, especially a rustic, countrified one; yokel.
See also:
hay-tosser
1883
 
One section in three you've left quite alone, where the hay seeds may work at their farming.
1919
 
These "hayseeds" . . . cannot see that their interests are identical with the interests of all workers. . . .
1963
 
Here are the secrets of success of the deceptive hayseed who's now the Conservatives' strongest figure.