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单词 Arkie
释义

Arkie

noun

Ar·​kie
ˈärkē,
ˈȧkē,
-ki
plural -s
1
informal : a native or resident of Arkansas
It's always good to welcome back a fellow Arkie who's been away all too long. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 16 May 2012
2
informal, sometimes disparaging : an itinerant agricultural worker
especially : such a worker from Arkansas in the 1930s
In the South the number of sharecroppers farms dropped from 776,278 in 1930 to 541, 291 in 1940. The result was a homeless population, some of whom, known in the folklore of the times as "Okies" and "Arkies," packed up and took off for California. Mary Beth Norton et al., A People and a Nation, 1988
compare okie

Word History

Etymology

Arkansas + -ie

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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