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poor white

n.

A member of a class of low-income white farmers and laborers, especially in the southern United States.

poor White

n

(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) Often offensive

a. a poverty-stricken and underprivileged White person, esp in the southern US and South Africa

b. (as modifier) poor White trash

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