Hypertext Webster Gateway: "backwoods"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Backwoods \Back"woods"\, n. pl. [Back, a. + woods.]
The forests or partly cleared grounds on the frontiers.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
backwoods
adj : inaccessible and sparsely populated [syn: {backwoods(a)}, {outback(a)},
{remote}]
n : a remote and undeveloped area [syn: {back country}, {boondocks},
{hinterland}]
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