When the bumpkin got to the housekeeper's room, he found Peter de Groodt, and several other true believers, ready to receive him.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
You have seen some bumpkin brought upon the stage and hypnotized, and told that he is in the water and must swim for his life, or that he is in the midst of a hornets' nest, or that his trousers are torn in the seat-any comical thing that will cause an audience to howl with laughter.
"The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society"
Upton Sinclair
There are some slight records left of the opening of a "Theatre Royal, Minto," and of a glorious evening ending in an "excellent country bumpkin," with bed at two in the morning; of reels and dances, too, and many hours laconically summed up as "famous fun" in the diary.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond