hillbillies

Variant of hillbilly

noun pl. hillbillies

Informal a person who lives in or comes from the mountains or backwoods of the South, specif. Appalachia: sometimes a contemptuous term

Origin: hill + Billy, dim. of Bill

adjective

Informal of or characteristic of hillbillies: hillbilly music
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