单词 | poor white trashy |
释义 | > as lemmaspoor white ˈtrashy poor white ˈtrashy adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of poor white people of low social status, esp. when regarded as uneducated or uncultured. In quot. 1895 perhaps: contemptible or paltry. ΚΠ 1895 London Story Paper 7 Sept. 8/2 Dat what yo' got fur de barskit, honey? a po' white trashy one dollah bill? 1905 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Reporter 30 Sept. They thought it looked rather poor white trashy for a country so wealthy and great as the United States. 1951 H. E. Giles Harbin's Ridge viii. 63 He never had been much account. Always content just to make out, which we considered poor-white-trashy in our parts. 1998 Mail on Sunday (Nexis) 15 Feb. 46 Don't you think she looks a bit poor white trashy, as if she's grown up eating terrible food in a trailer? < as lemmas |
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