Briars
Synonyms for briars
noun shrubs; woodland
shrubbery
plant
hinterland
scrub
wilderness
jungle
vine
backwoods
outback
hedge
forest
bramble
thicket
brush
backcountry
creeper
briar
scrubland
chaparral
boscage
the wild
Synonyms
noun rough projection
knob
cut
tunnel
nut
accent
pad
halo
buzz
circle
notch
rib
ring
washer
briar
whetstone
sticker
Usage Notes
This term is usually used with disparaging intent to refer to those white people who migrated north and west from Southern Appalachia throughout the first half of the 20th century. These migrants, mostly from eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, were looking for jobs in southeastern Ohio and other places. Brier has negative connotations similar to words such as hillbilly and redneck. But brier has also been used as a term of self-reference by the migrants themselves and their descendants. It is a shortened form of brier hopper/brierhopper (also spelled briar hopper/briarhopper), probably a reference to the brier bushes found in Southern Appalachia.
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