culchie

British

/ ˈkʌltʃiː /

noun

informal a rough or unsophisticated country-dweller from outside Dublin

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Etymology

Origin of culchie

from a local pronunciation of the Mayo town of Kiltimagh

Example Sentences

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Frances and Bobbi, from her debut Conversations With Friends, are ex-lovers with a burgeoning performance poetry partnership, while Marianne and Connell, in its follow-up Normal People, are “culchie” schoolfriends who, like their creator, move to the big city from small-town Ireland.

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