white trashery

noun

white trashery

noun

Etymology From white trash + -ery.

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

  • 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:
1 more example
  • 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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