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redneck

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red⋅neck

  [red-nek] Informal: Often Disparaging.
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–noun
1. an uneducated white farm laborer, esp. from the South.
2. a bigot or reactionary, esp. from the rural working class.
–adjective
3. Also, red-necked. narrow, prejudiced, or reactionary: a redneck attitude.
Also, red-neck.

Origin:
1820–30, Americanism; red 1 + neck
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red·neck   (rěd'něk')   
n.   Offensive Slang

  1. Used as a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States.

  2. A white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitude.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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