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nounmean white (plural mean whites)
plural mean whites
- USethnicobsoleteslurSynonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”).
A mean white would be acutely reminded of his own shabby status upon encountering a slave like Northup, […]
2019, William L. Andrews, Slavery and Class in the American South, page 186Synonyms: poor white trash
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nounSynonym of poor white trash (“a white person of low social status”).
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