culchie

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culchie

/ˈkʌlt͡ʃi/

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Possibly from Kiltimagh, a town in County Mayo, Ireland, or from Irish coillte (“woods”). Possibly a corruption of the shortening of agricultural to culch + -ie.

noun culchies · Culchie · culchee · culshie

Ireland, derogatory, slang An unsophisticated rural person; a rustic or provincial. Only culchies shop in Clery's but, said Billy.
Similar: bogtrotter, bogger, redneck, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin

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@misc{culchie_2026,
  title = {culchie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/culchie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}