Mudsill

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Mudsill was a derogatory term used by Southerners to describe especially the Nothern worker "wage slaves", but also extended somewhat to include all Northerners.

A dictionary thing follows:

Mudsill \Mud"sill`\, n. The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the soil; the lowest timber of a house; also, that sill or timber of a bridge which is laid at the bottom of the water. See Sill.

Mudsill \Mud"sill`\, n. Fig.: A person of the lowest stratum of society; -- a term of opprobrium or contempt. [Southern U. S.]-

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