white trashery

See also: white-trashery

English

Alternative forms

• white-trashery

Etymology

From white trash +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

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Noun

white trashery (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) The state or characteristic of being, resembling, or behaving in the manner of white trash.
   • 1997 November 30, Margaret Talbot, “Getting Credit for Being White”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 April 2014:

     Reeder revels in white trashery—and applauds herself for doing so. "I am busty, and I am loud, and I love bad taste."

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

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

   • 2010, J. W. Ocker, The New England Grimpendium, →ISBN, page 245:

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