Culchie

//ˈkʌlt͡ʃi// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial. Ireland, derogatory, slang

    "Only culchies shop in Clery's but, said Billy."

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boggerbogtrotterboorbucolicbydlocarl

Example

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"Only culchies shop in Clery's but, said Billy."

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.

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