Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snowbilly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snow-bil-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person from rural areas of northern North America, especially a rural white Canadian, Alaskan or Upper Midwesterner, living where the temperatures in the winter dip below freezing.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"The "damnyankees" can't agree with the Georgia Crackers, and they won't have any truck with the "snowbillies" or the Eskimos."
"I'm just a bowlegged snowbilly from Canada."
"Wonkette describes Sarah Palin as a “doomed loser snowbilly.”"

Etymology

Blend of snow + hillbilly.

Usage

Inflected Forms

snowbillies (plural)

Questions

What does snowbilly mean?: A person from rural areas of northern North America, especially a rural white Canadian, Alaskan or Upper Midwesterner, living where the temperatures in the winter dip below freezing.
Where does snowbilly come from?: Blend of snow + hillbilly.

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