"snowbilly" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-snowbilly.ogg [Australia] Forms: snowbillies [plural]
Etymology: Blend of snow + hillbilly Etymology templates: {{blend|en|snow|hillbilly}} Blend of snow + hillbilly Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowbilly (plural snowbillies)
  1. (derogatory, slang) A person from rural areas of northern North America. Is used to mainly describe rural white Canadians, Alaskans or Upper Midwesterners, where the temperatures in the winter dip below freezing. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-snowbilly-en-noun-3lNEp2cv Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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