Definition of "yokels" []

• Plural form of yokel. (noun)

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• "But when it comes to smacking around a few yokels from the sticks?"
• "There are always some homophobes everywhere and if Iain had lost by a few dozen votes it might be worth speculating on, but to imply Lamb won thanks to a 10,000 strong army of bigoted yokels is ridiculous and offensive."
• "This resonated with large masses of ordinary folks, the ones H. L. Mencken and the liberal press were calling "yokels" and "morons.""