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noun
1.
Often Disparaging and Offensive. a person from a backwoods or other remote area, especially from the mountains of the southern U.S.
adjective
2.
of, like, or pertaining to hillbillies: hillbilly humor.
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Hillbilly
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| hillbilly (ˈhɪlˌbɪlɪ) | |
| —n , pl -lies | |
| 1. | derogatory usually an unsophisticated person, esp from the mountainous areas in the southeastern US |
| 2. | another name for country and western |
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Word Origin & History
hillbilly
"southern Appalachian resident," c.1900, from hill + masc. proper name Billy/Billie. As a type of folk music, first attested 1924.
EXPAND"In short, a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammelled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires of his revolver as the fancy takes him." ["New York Journal," April 23, 1900]
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