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☆ hill·billy (hil′bil′ē)

noun pl. hillbillies -·lies

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

Etymology: hill + Billy, dim. of Bill

adjective

Informal of or characteristic of hillbillies hillbilly music

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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