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red·neck  (rdnk)
n. Offensive Slang
1. Used as a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States.
2. A white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitude.

redneck [ˈrɛdˌnɛk]
n Disparaging
1. (in the southwestern US) a poor uneducated White farm worker
2. a person or institution that is extremely reactionary
adj
reactionary and bigoted redneck laws
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.redneck - a poor White person in the southern United Statesredneck - a poor White person in the southern United States
rustic - an unsophisticated country person
Translations
redneck [ˈrednek] N (US) → campesino m blanco de los estados del Sur
redneck [ˈrɛdnɛk] n (pejorative) (mainly US)plouc m >


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Those who should be ashamed won't be, while the old dears picking up a modest tipple will get a red neck.
 
 
 
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