marsh tacky
nounSouth Atlantic States (chiefly South Carolina and Georgia).
a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a poor white living in the marshes.
Origin of marsh tacky
1First recorded in 1830–40
Words Nearby marsh tacky
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How to use marsh tacky in a sentence
A little later every crest was surmounted by the comical figure of a marsh-tacky.
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