Meaning & use
culchie
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In Irish slang, a person from rural Ireland, as opposed to a city, especially Dublin.
See it in a sentence
He jokingly called his cousin from Kerry a culchie.
The sitcom plays on the friendly rivalry between culchies and Dubliners.
A note on using this word
A distinctly Irish informal term, sometimes used affectionately and sometimes as mild teasing between rural and urban Irish people.
Words with a similar meaning
country bumpkin
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Words with an opposite meaning
Dubcity dweller
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