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hillbillies

noun

Meaning

  1. Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
  2. A white person from the rural southern part of the United States, especially the Southeastern states.
  3. To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.
  4. To portray or act as an uneducated and unsophisticated fool.
  5. To perform or experience stereotypically hillbilly-like actions.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data