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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

adjective

Informal of or characteristic of hillbillies: hillbilly music

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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