¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rednecks
1. redneck [n] - See also: redneck
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rednecks
Literary usage of Rednecks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1907)
"At that meeting the appellant called Roman Catholics "rednecks," which is a ...
The term "rednecks" was intended to annoy and insult the Roman Catholics and ..."
2. Reports of All the Cases Decided by All the Superior Courts Relating to by Edward William Cox, Great BRitain Magistrates' cases (1903)
"At that meeting the appellant called Roman •Catholics " rednecks," which is a
name moat ... Tbe term ''rednecks" was intended to annoy and insult the Roman ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"("rednecks" is the term often used to describe such opponents.) Several older,
white observers in Lawrence spoke well of the police force. ..."
4. A New and Complete System of Arithmetick: Composed for the Use of the by Nicolas Pike, Nathaniel Lord (1809)
"Or, -225)5-625(025 Ans. as before. 5. Reduce 036 93c. 7 Jm. to pounds, &c. Ans.
£8 6s. 2d. 2^qr. 6-. rednecks 6s. 2d. 2^qr. to dollars, &c. AM. ^36 93c. ..."
5. Hatred in the Hallways: Violence and Discrimination Against Lesbian, Gay by Michael Bochenek, A. Widney Brown (2001)
"For my next class after art, I had to go up to the third floor to English, past
the landing where the rednecks hung out. They tripped me. ..."
6. Do the Right Thing: The People's Economist Speaks by Walter Edward Williams (1995)
"However, when three white students objected to being called "rednecks," they were
told that the word was not on the forbidden list and that no offense could ..."
7. Peace Or War in South Africa by Algernon Methuen Marshall Methuen (1901)
"... (rednecks), and often they would say, ' You kill my father or brother at the
war,' and straightway fall to heaping all ..."
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