(New York City, slang, pejorative, dated) A yokel; a country bumpkin.
Herkimer Jerkimer, a fool, a rustic, is a "jerk from Herkimer," an impossibly remote place. This jerk was, presumably, from his upstate hometown of Herkimer, New York, ZIP code 13350.
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A yokel; a country bumpkin.
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