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rednecks

  • plural
    of redneck.
    redneck
    noun
    an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.

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“They’re just like all of y’all’s grandparents — I mean, to the extent y’all’s grandparents are rednecks from south Georgia,” he said to laughter.

From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023

When they joked about rednecks and Klan members, I responded that the countryside would remind them of the villages of our parents, while the lifestyle meshes well with our rancho libertarian ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

But, as local historian Joe Nick Patoski said, one thing united hippies and rednecks, cowboys and stoners, slackers and geeks: music.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2020

When I was in Australia I had more than one person, these were what we would call rednecks here mind you, ask me "what's with you yanks and guns?"

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2017

Apparently the Robertson boys are yuppies dressing up as rednecks for profit, and A&E is laughing with them all the way to the bank.

From Salon ● Dec. 30, 2013