单词 | low-downer |
释义 | > as lemmasˈlow-downer ˈlow-downer n. U.S. slang †(a) a person from the lowlands of Virginia; cf. tuckahoe n. 3 (obsolete rare); (b) derogatory (now chiefly historical) a member of the poor white population of the American South; cf. sense B. 2 and trash n.1 4. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > collectively > specifically white whitea1398 white trash1821 low-downer1883 1851 Daily Scioto (Ohio) Gaz. 8 Apr. The Low-downers, of course, go for the old system, of taking the slave population into account. 1868 Putnam's Mag. June 706/1 When..candidates refreshed their adherents by the barrelfull, the low-downer enjoyed his periodical benders without expense. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Silverado Squatters 131 They are at least known by a generic byword, as Poor Whites or Low-downers. 1908 A. Hunter Huntsman in South iii. 69 Two families were residents of the cabin, and were of that kind known as ‘Low-downers’, utterly ignorant and illiterate. 1987 W. C. Wade Fiery Cross (1998) i. ii. 58 There is evidence, however, that not even all ‘low-downers’ entered the Klan willingly. < as lemmas |
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