dirt-eatern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dirt n., eater n.

Etymology: < dirt n. + eater n. Compare dirt-eating n., and (with the specific use) clay-eater n. at clay n. Compounds 3.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdirt-eater.

One who eats dirt: see dirt-eating n.; spec. one of a class of ‘poor whites’ in some parts of the southern United States; = clay-eater n. at clay n. Compounds 3.

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1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. viii. 70 The dirt-eaters of the West-Indies.

1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer iii. xii. 223 Even Bettys, little fastidious as he was, recoiled from the fare which these ‘Dirt Eaters’, as the Indians called them, placed before him.

1865 10th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. ii. 46 It rests with you..whether you will take rank with the poor whites, the dirt-eaters of the South, or with the best classes of the north.

1940 R. O. Cummings Amer. & his Food 87 Distinguished from other southerners by hookworm disease were dirt-eaters scattered in sand barrens and pine woods from South Carolina to Mississippi.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	dirt-eater
释义	dirt-eatern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dirt n., eater n. Etymology: < dirt n. + eater n. Compare dirt-eating n., and (with the specific use) clay-eater n. at clay n. Compounds 3.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdirt-eater. One who eats dirt: see dirt-eating n.; spec. one of a class of ‘poor whites’ in some parts of the southern United States; = clay-eater n. at clay n. Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun] > poor white person cracker1766 poor white1781 dirt-eater1802 sand-hiller1848 piney-woods cracker1872 piney-wood tacky1888 tacky1888 peck1924 peckerwood1928 trailer trash1943 pecker1966 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. viii. 70 The dirt-eaters of the West-Indies. 1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer iii. xii. 223 Even Bettys, little fastidious as he was, recoiled from the fare which these ‘Dirt Eaters’, as the Indians called them, placed before him. 1865 10th Ann. Rep. Maine Board Agric. ii. 46 It rests with you..whether you will take rank with the poor whites, the dirt-eaters of the South, or with the best classes of the north. 1940 R. O. Cummings Amer. & his Food 87 Distinguished from other southerners by hookworm disease were dirt-eaters scattered in sand barrens and pine woods from South Carolina to Mississippi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1802
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