(Hillbilly characters) A category of stock design matchcovers whose back contained "five laugh-provoking subjects" of Hillbilly Humor. The artist was Martin Garrity, who was published first by the Chicago Match Co. in 1948, and then by a number of match book companies later on. These designs were usually on the back of the matchcover, while the advertisement was on the front. Also spelled Hillbillies. (See Stock Designs).

Is a term for the people who live in the mountains, the mountains are the hills and Bill is a common name there.

Hillbilly is a term referring to people who dwell in remote, rural, mountainous areas. In particular the term refers to residents of Appalachia and later the Ozarks in the United States. Usage of the term "Hillbilly" generally differs from other terms referring to rural people in the United States in that it can be used for mountain dwelling people anywhere but is generally not used to refer to rural people in non-mountainous areas.

a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person