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south·ern·ism (sut̸h′ərn iz′əm)

noun

  1. a word, expression, or practice peculiar to the south
  2. ☆ an idiom peculiar to the southern U.S.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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