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English

Noun

dingbatter (plural dingbatters)

1. (colloquial, US) uplanders who come to eastern North Carolina.

Usage notes

The term is used by residents of eastern North Carolina. The term was used more in the Beaufort for decades to describe people from any place farther west than Morehead City but gradually has migrated east to the more rural areas.

References

• Dialects in Schools and Communities, 2nd Edition, by Carolyn Temple Adger, Walt Wolfram, Donna Christian (Routledge: 2007) p. 56. [1]