Meaning of Okie | Babel Free

Definitions

A person from Oklahoma.

US, derogatory, informal, sometimes

Examples

“Will Rogers is considered a famous Okie.”

“[I]n the towns, the storekeepers hated them because they had no money to spend⟳. There is no shorter path to a storekeeper’s contempt, and all his admirations are exactly opposite. The town men, little bankers, hated Okies because there was nothing to gain⟳ from them.”

“One time we broke into an Okie house where everybody was getting ready to go to a funeral.”

“When, in high school, I was at the depth of my self-loathing-as-sissy, a brilliant young man arrived in Chickasha to become⟳ choral director at the high school. My friends and I had never met anyone like⟳ him: urbane, brilliant, dedicated to professional standards, a real taskmaster, who seemed to care for us little Okie hicks.”

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