fieldling vs hillbilly

fieldling

noun
  • A dweller or inhabitant of the fields; countryman; farmer. 

hillbilly

noun
  • Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication. 

  • A white person from the rural southern part of the United States, especially the Southeastern states. 

verb
  • To portray or act as an uneducated and unsophisticated fool. 

  • To perform or experience stereotypically hillbilly-like actions. 

  • To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm. 

How often have the words fieldling and hillbilly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )