Unscramble

r 1 e 1 d 2 n 1 e 1 c 3 k 5

7 letters · 14 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun a poor White person in the southern United States

originBahuvrīhi compound of red + neck. Compare rooinek. The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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