poor white trash
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.31 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
White person or people employed in a servile position, for example, as a butler.
American usage; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
A poor, uneducated white person or group of people of low social status.
American usage; Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In the south, there are no servants but blacks; for the greater proportion of domestics being slaves all species of servitude whatever is looked upon as a degradation; and the slaves themselves entertain the very highest contempt for white servants, whom they designate as ‘poor white trash’."
- "“Huccome po’ w’ite trash buy any niggers? Dey ain’ never owned mo’n fo’ at de mostes’.”"
- "Good nutrition's given you some length of bone, but you're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling?"
Usage
- American usage
- Obsolete
- Uncountable
- Derogatory