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Ridge-runner

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant of the Southern Appalachian region. US
  2. 2
    A descendant of the above population.

Etymology

Recorded since 1917; from ridge (reference to the Appalachian mountain chain) + runner.

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