hillbillyn.

1900 N.Y. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 2/5 In short, a Hill-Billie is a free and untrammelled white citizen of Alabama, who lives in the hills, has no means to speak of, dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, drinks whiskey when he gets it, and fires off his revolver as the fancy takes him.

1911 N.Y. Sun 10 Aug. (Funk) These two were farmers' boys and hillbillies and jayhawkers.

1932 E. Wilson Devil take Hindmost xxii. 236 A coarse-spoken frank humorous old hillbilly talking to neighbors.

1933 Amer. Speech 8 iii. 27/2 Hill Billy, a rube or uncouth and stupid fellow.

1952 Hist. Today July 451/1 Most of his countrymen give him no grander name than ‘hillbilly’, a term as contemptuous as comic.

1957 Daily Mail 26 Sept. 8/2 At 47 the hillbilly who used to scratch a living as a dirt farmer at Greasy Creek in the Ozark Mountains has come a long way.

1966 D. Stewart in ‘J. Hackston’ Father clears Out p. x As lively a collection of Australian hill~billies as I have ever seen.

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 2 Apr. 9/2 An Air Force man who wants a missile site, and the hill-billy fighting progress.

1924 Talking Machine World 20 207/1 Hill Billie Blues..Banjo.

1925 Talking Machine World 21 186/2 The [rural] demand is largely for Blues, Coon songs, and Hilly-Billy numbers.

1932 Daily Mirror 1 July 10/3 I should not be surprised to hear that the hill-billy king and his suite visit the recording studio every morning of the week.

1953 A. Moorehead Rum Jungle iv. 58 They wanted gramophones, and the music they liked best was hill-billy.

1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz (1956) 110 Piano with local hillbilly, Dixieland and swing bands from age 13.

1959 ‘F. Newton’ Jazz Scene x. 172 The full bag of hilly~billy melodies, or the like.

1971 M. Babson Cover-up Story vi. 66 They may start out as Hillbilly, or Country and Western but they can be turned into Folk.

1972 Jazz & Blues Feb. 19/1 Fats Domino had done some real down home hillbilly-motown stuff.