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