grass roots

grass roots
n
1. countryside, rural districts, farm country, Inf. sticks, Sl. boondocks, Sl. boonies; provinces, hinterlands, backwoods, back country, wilds, middle of nowhere; heartland, U.S.Peoria, U.S.Main Street, U.S.River City, down on the farm.
2. countrypeople, countryfolk, farmers, tillers of the soil; country cousins, hicks, rubes, yokels, rustics, hayseeds; common folk or people, democracy, commoners, we the people, average man; little guys, hometown folks, U.S.Middle America; hoi polloi, general public, U.S.John Q. Public, Sl.Joe Blow, Sl.Joe Doakes, the great unwashed, the masses; rank and file, workingmen, middle class, taxpayers, Sl. peons, ones who work for a living.

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