poor white trash
(US, obsolete, ethnic slur, used by black slaves) White person or people employed in a servile position, for example, as a butler.
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(US, obsolete, ethnic slur, used by black slaves) White person or people employed in a servile position, for example, as a butler.
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(US, modern, pejorative, ethnic slur) A poor, uneducated white person or group of people of low social status.
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