backwoods vs dead-and-alive

backwoods

noun

  • Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America. 

  • A remote or sparsely inhabited region, especially in North America; away from big towns and from the influence of modern life. 

adj

  • Rough, uncouth, coarse, or crude in social matters. 

  • Pertaining to the backwoods. 

dead-and-alive

adj

  • Synonym of dead-alive 

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