Still Further Antedating of "Hillbilly"

[Shapiro, Fred]

hillbilly (OED 1900)



1881 _Cincinnati Enquirer_ 18 Oct. 2/1 (Newspapers.com)  Nicholasville, Kentucky. ... This has been Court-day, and a quiet one, until about dark, when ten or fifteen roughs, known locally as "Hill Billies," undertook to take the city.



Fred Shapiro

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