hillbilly

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Because Sarah Palin is never really going to go away (now that she has a book deal and all), so just get used to the fact that the Wasilla hillbilly is here to stay.

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  • Fox first said that she would "make a deal with him," adding: "and instead of the entire planet, can you just take out all of the white trash, hillbilly, anti-gay, super bible-beating people in Middle America?" —  Monster Hunter Nation
  • I told her I was not from the Highlands of Scotland, (hence the word hillbilly came from). —  WBIR.com - News
  • Perhaps most lovable: Constance Talmadge's sweet hillbilly, the Mountain Girl, who gets emancipated and picks up arms to defend her king in the French section.
  • Not being a hillbilly is what the Hockey family has been trying to avoid being for centuries. —  BC Bloggers
  • Country and western, hillbilly, and psychedelic dub blues combat with Auerbach's gruff, blue-eyed, soulful voice. —  Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk
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  1. hill + Billy, a nickname for William.
 

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