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US reactionary looking hot, getting kiss (7)

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I believe the answer is:

redneck

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'us reactionary' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'looking hot getting kiss' is the wordplay.
'looking hot' becomes 'red' (someone may blush when hot).
'getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'kiss' becomes 'neck' (neck can informally mean to kiss).
'red'+'neck'='REDNECK'

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(Other definitions for redneck that I've seen before include "S. US working-class white conservative (derog.)" , "Ignorant bigot" , "Poor white called this" , "Intolerant American" , "Poor white American" .)

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