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Definition of Hillbillies
1. hillbilly [n] - See also: hillbilly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hillbillies
Literary usage of Hillbillies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Young People: A Report of the Surgeon General by M. Joycelyn Elders (1997)
"RJ Reynolds to drop 'hillbillies' under cigaret[te] code. Advertising Age
1967c;38(20):2. ADVERTISING AGE. Tobacco marketers disclaim intent to lure kids ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The exodus of the "hillbillies" from Appalachia to the metropolises of the
Northeast and Midwest has been one of the great migrations of the downtrodden, ..."
3. The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore (1906)
"Do you think I'm fool enuff to tackle that crowd of hillbillies ? They've got
the devil in them — fur they've got a devil leadin' 'em — Jud Carpenter. ..."
4. The Windfall by Charles Egbert Craddock, Mary Noailles Murfree (1907)
"We can't do business with this tom-fool street fair gyrating before the door,
and we don't want all these hillbillies standing around the counters squirting ..."
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