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a rural region that forms the edge of the settled or developed part of a country
lived far out in the backwoods and raised hogs for a living
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
The weekend gets going on Friday with music from Gator Nate, the lovable backwoods yahoo and role model for many a UF pledge.
—Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2019
The customizable routes offer dozens of options ranging from easy strolls just steps from town to long-distance backwoods excursions.
—Mare Czinar, azcentral, 21 June 2019
Forty years later, a backwoods hunter from Kentucky who grew up in a log cabin won the presidency, in part by mythologizing his own origins on the frontier in terms of the natural aristocracy of the common man.
—Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2019
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The Curse of Buckout Road Witches burning at the stake, backwoods albino killers and a modern day stalker prove to be more than urban legends on this New York state byway.
—Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2019
The weekend gets going on Friday with music from Gator Nate, the lovable backwoods yahoo and role model for many a UF pledge.
—Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2019
The customizable routes offer dozens of options ranging from easy strolls just steps from town to long-distance backwoods excursions.
—Mare Czinar, azcentral, 21 June 2019
Forty years later, a backwoods hunter from Kentucky who grew up in a log cabin won the presidency, in part by mythologizing his own origins on the frontier in terms of the natural aristocracy of the common man.
—Sarah Churchwell, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2019
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“Backwoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backwoods. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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