hillbilly
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- A person who lives in the country in an area with many hills, and who has little money. Usually, this means an American from a region called Appalachia or a region called the Ozark Mountains. These people have homes and farms in the valleys between the hills.
- My dad is a hillbilly from eastern Kentucky.
- People often make fun of hillbillies without ever actually knowing one.
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Some people call themselves hillbillies but other people are insulted to be called hillbillies.
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- Having to do with hillbillies, or typical of hillbillies.