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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
hillbilly
hill·billy BrE [ˈhɪlbɪli] NAmE [ˈhɪlbɪli] noun (pl. hill·billies)
(NAmE, disapproving)a person who lives in the mountains and is thought to be stupid by people who live in the towns
Word Origin:
[hillbilly] early 20th cent.: from ↑hill + Billy (shortened form of the given name William).
Culture:
The word was originally used to describe people living in ↑Appalachia. Hillbilly music is the ↑folk music of this region which became part of the more commercial ↑country music.
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