marsh tacky
Americannoun
South Atlantic States (chiefly South Carolina and Georgia).
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a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
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Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a poor white living in the marshes.
Etymology
Origin of marsh tacky
First recorded in 1830–40
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