English Explanatory Dictionary

culchie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌlt͡ʃi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-culchie.wav

Word forms

culchie culchies culchee culshie

Etymology

Possibly from Kiltimagh, a town in County Mayo, Ireland, or from Irish coillte (“woods”). Possibly a corruption of the shortening of agricultural to culch + -ie.

Synonyms

bogtrotter bogger redneck boor bucolic bydlo culchie carl churl corncob cornhusker country bumpkin country cousin clodhopper dubbo joskin hayseed hick hob hobnail hog-rubber honyock hunk lob promdi provincial rube rustic woolly back yokel

Related words

jackeen spalpeen
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