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culchie, n. (and a.) Anglo-Ir. slang (often mildly derog.).|ˈkʌlʃɪ, ˈkʌltʃɪ|
Also culchee, culshie.
[App. alteration of Kiltimagh, Ir. Coillte Mach (older Mághach), the name of a country town in Co. Mayo.]
One who lives in or comes from a rural area; a (simple) countryman or -woman, a provincial, a rustic. (Chiefly in Dublin use, of people from any other part of Ireland.) Also attrib. or as adj.
1958B. Behan Borstal Boy iii. 240 ‘That's it,’ said I over my shoulder to him, ‘you're coming on a very bright boy—for a Culchie.’ 1975Irish Times 9 May 1/4 He looked confused and puzzled for a moment, muttered, ‘Bloody culchies,’ and took off in the direction of Clontarf. 1978Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Jan. 57/4 A tiny figure in black..shouting ‘Up de rebels’. The reader may be surprised to find Lady Gregory pronouncing English in this culchee way. 1982M. Binchy Light Penny Candle iii. xiv. 309 Oh, nothing as bad as a culchie wedding I always say. 1982P. McGinley Goosefoot ii. 22 ‘I'm..new to the town, just up from the country.’ ‘Don't worry about that. I'm a culshie too.’ 1986B. Geldof Is that It? iii. 26 We Dublin boys called the country pupils ‘culchies’, which they hated. |