poor white folkn.

Brit.

/ˌpɔː ˈwʌɪt fəʊk/,

/ˌpʊə ˈwʌɪt fəʊk/, U.S.

/ˌpʊ(ə)r ˈ(h)waɪt ˌfoʊk/,

/ˌpɔr ˈ(h)waɪt ˌfoʊk/

Forms: see poor white n. and adj. and folk n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poor white adj., folk n.

Etymology: < poor white adj. + folk n., after white folks n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f. Compare earlier poor white n.

Originally and chiefly U.S. colloquial (frequently derogatory).

As a mass noun or in plural. Originally in the language of African Americans of the southern United States: poor white people of low social status, esp. when regarded as uneducated or uncultured.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor white people

whitea1398

poor white folk1823

1823 Port Folio Dec. 125 The blacks entertain a high respect for those whom they term ‘gentlemen’..; but ‘poor white folks’ they cordially despise.

1895 M. E. M. Davis Under Man-fig xv. 280 What kin you 'spec' fum po'-white folks, anyhow.

1910 H. Parting Sowing of Swords vi. 61 Dey's all po' white folks, en does der own wuk.

1937 W. J. Petersen Steamboating Upper Mississippi iii. 25 For over twelve hundred miles it flows past cotton plantations and squalid homes of negroes and poor white folk.

2004 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 July (Features section) 5 The middle class's delicate racial sensibilities mysteriously disappear when it comes to poor white folk.

Derivatives

poor ˈwhite folksy adj. now rare of, relating to, or characteristic of poor white people of low social status, esp. when regarded as uneducated or uncultured.

ΚΠ

1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. xxii. 289 If dat ar an't a poor white folksy 'stablishment, I never seed one!

1893 A. B. Stockham & L. H. Talbot Koradine Lett. ii. 17 Everything she doesn't like she calls ‘po white folksy’.

1909 Craftsman Aug. 538 Ye see dem squatter-cabins looked poor-white-folks-y.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poor white folk
释义	poor white folkn. Brit. /ˌpɔː ˈwʌɪt fəʊk/, /ˌpʊə ˈwʌɪt fəʊk/, U.S. /ˌpʊ(ə)r ˈ(h)waɪt ˌfoʊk/, /ˌpɔr ˈ(h)waɪt ˌfoʊk/ Forms: see poor white n. and adj. and folk n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: poor white adj., folk n. Etymology: < poor white adj. + folk n., after white folks n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f. Compare earlier poor white n. Originally and chiefly U.S. colloquial (frequently derogatory). As a mass noun or in plural. Originally in the language of African Americans of the southern United States: poor white people of low social status, esp. when regarded as uneducated or uncultured. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor white people whitea1398 poor white folk1823 1823 Port Folio Dec. 125 The blacks entertain a high respect for those whom they term ‘gentlemen’..; but ‘poor white folks’ they cordially despise. 1895 M. E. M. Davis Under Man-fig xv. 280 What kin you 'spec' fum po'-white folks, anyhow. 1910 H. Parting Sowing of Swords vi. 61 Dey's all po' white folks, en does der own wuk. 1937 W. J. Petersen Steamboating Upper Mississippi iii. 25 For over twelve hundred miles it flows past cotton plantations and squalid homes of negroes and poor white folk. 2004 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 July (Features section) 5 The middle class's delicate racial sensibilities mysteriously disappear when it comes to poor white folk. Derivatives poor ˈwhite folksy adj. now rare of, relating to, or characteristic of poor white people of low social status, esp. when regarded as uneducated or uncultured. ΚΠ 1856 H. B. Stowe Dred I. xxii. 289 If dat ar an't a poor white folksy 'stablishment, I never seed one! 1893 A. B. Stockham & L. H. Talbot Koradine Lett. ii. 17 Everything she doesn't like she calls ‘po white folksy’. 1909 Craftsman Aug. 538 Ye see dem squatter-cabins looked poor-white-folks-y. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1823
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