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redneck

[red-nek] / ˈrɛdˌnɛk /


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Kreider’s husband, Jim, chimed in: “A redneck, gun-toting environmentalist.”

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

You can be a redneck and not be racist.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2024

“He’s not a domestic terrorist, but he is everyone’s crazy redneck uncle from out of town,” Mr. McBride said during opening statements last week, UPI reported.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

A Tampa Ron De Santis, 54 - his family spells his name with a space between “De” and “Santis” - calls himself an Italian redneck from Winter Haven.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2022

Something about his mud-encrusted boots and the way he let smoke curl from his lips and how the sinking sun lit his green hair reminded me of a punk, redneck James Dean.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs