Brier
Synonyms for brier
noun thorny bush
prick
shrub
thorn
nettle
spray
burr
hedge
cleaver
furze
gorse
thistle
catch weed
goose grass
prickly shrub
thistle sage
Synonyms
noun spike
spine
spur
splint
prickle
Synonyms
noun prickle
point
spine
nettle
barb
bramble
thistle
Synonyms
noun plant
shrubbery
tree
foliage
hedge
thicket
bush
topiary
boscage
bosket
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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