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Meaning of snowbilly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A person from rural areas of northern North America. Is used to mainly describe rural white Canadians, Alaskans or Upper Midwesterners, where the temperatures in the winter dip below freezing.

derogatory, slang

Examples

“The "damnyankees" can't agree with the Georgia Crackers, and they won't have any truck with the "snowbillies" or the Eskimos.”
“I'm just a bowlegged snowbilly from Canada.”
“Wonkette describes Sarah Palin as a “doomed loser snowbilly.””

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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