Linthead

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A worker in a cotton or other textile mill. Southern-US, derogatory, offensive
  2. 2
    A low-class Southern white. Southern-US, derogatory, offensive

Etymology

From lint + head. Originated in the textile mills of the Carolinas.

Related phrases

low class

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