Cryptic crossword clue
Old Irish Bill assumes it’s backward country

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word RUSTIC

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What does RUSTIC mean?

RUSTIC noun
  1. A (sometimes unsophisticated) person from a rural area.
  2. A noctuoid moth.
  3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies having brown and orange wings, especially Cupha erymanthis.
RUSTIC adjective
  1. Country-styled or pastoral; rural.
  2. Unfinished or roughly finished.
  3. Crude, rough.
  4. Simple; artless; unaffected.

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