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hillbilly

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hill·bil·ly /ˈhɪlbɪli/ noun (plural hillbillies) [countable]  American EnglishCOUNTRYSIDEINSULT an insulting word meaning an uneducated poor person who lives in the mountains 山里人,乡巴佬〔侮辱性用语〕
Examples from the Corpus
hillbillyIf it was necessary, I could do hillbilly stuff.This is not to say, however, that the ramp is strictly hillbilly food.Berry adapted Johnson's self-taught hillbilly style to his guitar and emerged as frontman of the renamed Chuck Berry Trio.From sultry crooners to hillbilly boogie, Case's voice always sounds at home in her material.One good thing is that the extended family of toothless hillbillies who used to live down the street moved away.Beyond that, it promises to provide a weekly primer on dopey and unctuous behavior among upscale hillbillies who dress well.And Samuel Turner Stevens, on fretless banjo, demonstrates the ties between white hillbilly music and rural blues.
Origin hillbilly (1900-2000) hill + Billy, a man's name, from William
hill·bil·ly nounChineseSyllable
Corpus uneducated word an meaning an insulting poor


hillbilly
hillbilly /ˈhɪlbɪli/ noun (plural hillbillies) [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: hill + Billy, a man's name, from William
American English an insulting word meaning an uneducated poor person who lives in the mountains


hill·billyBrE /ˈhɪlbɪli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhɪlbɪli/ 🔊 noun (
plural
hill·billies
)
(NAmE, disapproving) a person who lives in the mountains and is thought to be stupid by people who live in the towns 山区乡巴佬