hog-rubber

English

Noun

hog-rubber (plural hog-rubbers)

  1. (obsolete, derogatory) A yokel, a country bumpkin.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Love Melancholy”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition 3, section 1, member 2, subsection 1, page 343:
      naught but his imperfections are in our eyes, he is a base knave, a devil, a monster, caterpillar, a viper, an hog-rubber, etc.
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