rusticism

Definitions of rusticism
  1. noun
    a rural idiom or expression
    synonyms: ruralism
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    type of:
    idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase
    an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
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