hayseed

hay +‎ seed

• /ˈheɪˌsid/ (GenAm)

hayseed (countable and uncountable, plural hayseeds)

1. (countable, uncountable) Seeds from grass that has become hay.
2. (countable, uncountable) Cruft from bits of hay that sticks to clothing, etc.
3. (countable) A rustic person; a yokel or bumpkin.

hayseed (comparative more hayseed, superlative most hayseed)

1. Characteristic of a hayseed (person).
   • 1988, Richard Sapir, Quest

     And when he got his first demand, he shook his head and put a pained expression on his face, and in his most hayseed manner allowed as how things were kind of different now.