glitterbillyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of glitter +‎ hillbilly

名詞

glitterbilly (複数形 glitterbillies)

1. Someone who wears cowboy-style clothing which is dressy and made of flashy materials rather than true work clothes, especially one who plays country music.
   • 1995, Patrick Carr, The Illustrated History of Country Music, page 475:

     It was he, for instance, who brought the song "The Highwayman" to the joint venture of Cash, Nelson, Jennings and Kristofferson which became an album and a touring act under that name, and he who persuaded Manuel the tailor to move to Nashville, thus accelerating the re-glitterbilly-fication of modern country which he saw, correctly, as […]

   • 2001, Holly George-Warren, ‎Michelle Freedman, How the West was worn:

     This authoritative yet entertaining look at "glitterbillies", rodeo girls, & rhinestone cowboys features everything that helped Western wear captivate the entire world.

   • 2010 August 24, Matt Fink, “Marty Stuart:Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions”, in American Songwriter:

     Opening cut “Branded” is the brand of hillbilly rock that earned Stuart his name as a solo artist, and his cover of Warner Mack’s classic “Bridge Washed Out” and Don Reno’s “Country Boy Rock & Roll” are similarly run through the glitterbilly machine.

同意語

• rhinestone cowboy