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Bandana vs Redneck - What's the difference?

bandana | redneck |

As nouns the difference between bandana and redneck

is that bandana is a large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband while redneck is (slang|pejorative) an uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor caucasian person, typically used to describe residents (of any gender[http://wwwhit-country-music-lyricscom/redneck-woman-lyricshtml country music lyrics new country tunes]) of the rural southern us.

bandana

English

Alternative forms

* bandanna

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
  • A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.
    • (Ure)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "bandana") ----

    redneck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, pejorative) An uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor caucasian person, typically used to describe residents (of any gender Country Music Lyrics New Country Tunes) of the rural Southern US.
  • (slang) The nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921. West Virginia Division of Culture and History
  • (UK, archaic) The nickname given to Roman Catholics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

    • Synonyms

    * cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash

    Derived terms

    * redneckish * redneckism * rednecky

    References

    English ethnic slurs