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swampbilly

noun

Etymology

From swamp + billy, modeled on hillbilly.

  1. derived from bulla
  2. derived from bulle
  3. derived from bille
  4. inherited from bille
  5. formed as billy — “Bill + -y”
  6. formed as swampbilly — “swamp + billy”

Definitions

  1. a poor, uneducated person from rural swampland areas

    • “Some had called them a 'swampbilly' because they lived in shanty houseboats,” he said.
    • She get mad at Daddy 'cause he a swampbilly!
    • She was relieved he hadn't taken the bridge, which stretched for eons across the swamps of Louisiana, and housed little in the way of civvies save for National Guardsmen in training or the occasional jugswilling hillbilly (aka swampbilly).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA