joskin slang.
(ˈdʒɒskɪn)
[Cf. bumpkin, and joss dial. to bump.]
A country bumpkin.
| 1811 Lex. Bal. s.v., The drop-cove maced the joskin of twenty quid, the ringdropper cheated the countryman of twenty guineas. 1819 Lamb Let. to Manning, I hate the Joskins. 1885 Fortn. in Waggonette 38 In nine cases out of ten a country joskin was much more useful and informing than even the great Bacon's maps. 1887 J. Farrell How He Died 87 The best thing she could do Was to go back..and marry The joskin that followed the plough. |