芋いも助すけ

noun

hick; country bumpkin; yokel

Derogatory and archaic term for an unsophisticated person from the countryside. Rare in modern usage; may appear in historical or period contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんには、芋いも助すけという言こと葉ばが田舎いなか者ものを嘲あざけるのに使つかわれていた。

  In Edo-period documents, the word 芋助 was used to mock country folk.