white trashery

noun

The state or characteristic of being, resembling, or behaving in the manner of white trash.

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Meanings

nounwhite trashery (uncountable)

alternative white-trashery

  1. idiomaticuncountableThe state or characteristic of being, resembling, or behaving in the manner of white trash.

    Arne Johnson stabbed his landlord Alan Bono to death after a day of drinking, partying, and general white trashery.

    2010, J. W. Ocker, The New England Grimpendium, →ISBN, page 245
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    Reeder revels in white trashery—and applauds herself for doing so. "I am busty, and I am loud, and I love bad taste."

    1997 November 30, Margaret Talbot, “Getting Credit for Being White”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Apr 2014

    Because of the Depression, many people came to associate bare feet with poverty, indolence, or general white-trashery.

    2005 August, Anne Dingus, “Texas Myth #14”, in Texas Monthly, retrieved 15 Apr 2014

Origin

From white trash + -ery.

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Chicago

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