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hillbilly

[hil-bil-ee] / ˈhɪlˌbɪl i /


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Stewart didn’t go for polyester suits or arenas, preferring the rough and rowdy “skull orchards” around Fort Pierce where he could alternate between hillbilly rock and progressive bluegrass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Or as Vance once put it: "To understand me, you must understand that I am a Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart."

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

He’s a hillbilly, an elegist, and a Yale Law School graduate.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2025

“He cosplayed a hillbilly and tokenized himself as the golden child who worked hard to overcome adversity,” Terra Vance said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2024

Things began to come together, and I went from speaking like an evil baby to speaking like a hillbilly.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris




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