redneck
noun
an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.
rednecks
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pluralof redneck.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
She has written about how outsiders view residents: “We’re rednecks and hayseeds from the hinterlands, the backcountry, the backwoods, and the boondocks.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2020
It’s not like me or Jody are misogynists, or racists, or even rednecks.
From Salon ● May 18, 2012
