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hillbilly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bushwhacker |
| Type of | rustic |
Examples of hillbilly
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West, meanwhile, has reinvented himself as a hillbilly and moved to New Orleans.
From the metro.co.uk
In urban usage, hillbilly is sometimes used interchangeably for terms like hick.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In 1964 he was signed to play the stubbornly illiterate hillbilly Festus Haggen.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Hillbilly, Bob's remarks sounds a lot more sensible than yours, at least to me.
From the washingtontimes.com
Holly is quick to call him on playing up the hillbilly schtick for his crowds.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The movie Deliverance featured the hillbilly inhabitants of the Georgia wilderness.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Making its Detroit debut from Austin is hillbilly-folk group Whiskey Shivers.
From the freep.com
Farmer told hillbilly jokes that upset some people, and he had no farming experience.
From the bostonherald.com
Spend a year with this real-life hillbilly clan and have your eyes opened.
From the sacbee.com
- A disparaging term for an unsophisticated person
- Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in rural, mountainous areas of the United States, primarily Appalachia. Due to its strongly stereotypical connotations, the term is frequently considered derogatory, and so is usually offensive to those Americans of Appalachian heritage. ...
- Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication; A white person from the rural southern part of the United States
- These days, the word is seen as disparaging and displays the naivete of the speaker. It was used quite a lot in past years, usually referring to country or old-timey music.
- (U.S.) a rural white person, esp. one from Appalachia or the Ozarks.
- Is a term for the people who live in the mountains, the mountains are the hills and Bill is a common name there.
- (Hillbilly characters) A category of stock design matchcovers whose back contained "five laugh-provoking subjects" of Hillbilly Humor. The artist was Martin Garrity, who was published first by the Chicago Match Co. in 1948, and then by a number of match book companies later on. ...
- A style of popular song derived from the rural, southern folk tradition and from sentimental songs of the late nineteenth century. It represents a merging of rural and urban influences and a regional, ethnic music made popular nationally and successful commercially.
