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woolhat

woolhat noun: a yokel or redneck.

Noun

woolhat (plural woolhats)

  1. (US) A yokel or redneck.
    • From his "brass throat" poured such harangues of class hatred that his woolhat followers howled down opposing speakers and hurled clods at them.1939, Shields McIlwaine, The southern poor-white from Lubberland to Tobacco Road
    • We're woolhats, red necks, white trash, crackers, the scum of the earth, the filth under their feet.1964, K. B. Gilden, Hurry sundown: Volume 1

Forms of woolhat

pluralwoolhats

Origin of woolhat

From wool + hat.

Questions about woolhat

What does woolhat mean?
Woolhat means a yokel or redneck.
What part of speech is woolhat?
Woolhat is a noun.
What is the plural of woolhat?
The plural of woolhat is woolhats.

Words near woolhat in the dictionary

  1. woolgrowers
  2. woolgrowing
  3. woolhall
  4. woolhalls
  5. Woolhampton
  6. woolhat
  7. woolhats
  8. woolhead
  9. woolheads
  10. Woolhope
  11. woolhouse

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