Glitterbilly
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone who wears cowboy-style clothing which is dressy and made of flashy materials rather than true work clothes, especially one who plays country music.
"It was he, for instance, who brought the song "The Highwayman" to the joint venture of Cash, Nelson, Jennings and Kristofferson which became an album and a touring act under that name, and he who persuaded Manuel the tailor to move to Nashville, thus accelerating the re-glitterbilly-fication of modern country which he saw, correctly, as […]"
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More examples"It was he, for instance, who brought the song "The Highwayman" to the joint venture of Cash, Nelson, Jennings and Kristofferson which became an album and a touring act under that name, and he who persuaded Manuel the tailor to move to Nashville, thus accelerating the re-glitterbilly-fication of modern country which he saw, correctly, as […]"
Etymology
Blend of glitter + hillbilly.
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