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[ noun ] a locution or pronunciation peculiar to the southern United States

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

Her speech was barren_of southernisms ; she was one of Eliot_Sparling 's neutralized minorities , adopting the rolling R 's and constricted vowels of Los_Angeles .

Related terms

saying

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[ noun ] a attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US)

Related terms

attitude US

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