LOW-CLASS
ADJECTIVES
► BAG-BLIND socially contemptible, very low-class, slum-dwelling → 20C W. Indies sl.
► BASE low in the social scale, of lowly condition, plebeian; belonging to the ‘lower orders’ → 1490 arch.
► CASS-CASS untidy, disreputable, inferior, low-class → 20C W. Indies
► COPPER-TAILED designating a person belonging to the lower classes of society → 1890 Aust. sl.
► LOW-BLOODED of low birth or lineage; lower-class; hence, barbarous, uncivilized → 1824, usually derogatory
► LOWLIFE of a person: of low social status, lower-class; coarse, vulgar, disreputable; later, also, despicable, contemptible → 1725
► ONE-GALLOWS ► ONE-GALLUS of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people → 1882 Amer. dial.
► ONE-GALLUSED of people: rustic, poor; low-class; hence, typical of such people → 1904 Amer. dial.
► PELADO low-class → 1848 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► RAFF the rabble; the rag-tag; the lowest class of the populace → 1673
► RASCAL collectively, the rabble of an army or of the populace; common soldiers or camp-followers; persons of the lowest class → c1330 obs.
► RASCALDRY 1. the rabble, the lowest class → 1470 obs.
2. the character or condition of one of the lowest class → 1600 obs.
► RASCALITY the rabble; persons of the lowest class → a1577
► RIBBLE-RASH rabble; low, disorderly people → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAG the rabble; the lowest class of people → 1607 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► TAG AND RAG the rabble, the lower classes; an assemblage of people held in small esteem; everybody; all and any → c1535 obs.
► TAG, RAG, AND BOBTAIL a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes → 1645
► TAG, RAG, AND BOBTAILRY a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes → 1858
► TAG, RAG, AND LONGTAIL a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes → 1719
► TAG, RAG, AND RASCALITY a contemptuous term for a number of persons of various sorts and conditions, all, and sundry, esp. of the lower classes → 1701
NOUNS – PERSON
► BEGGAR-TRASH someone thought to be low-class, worthless, or insignificant → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BOGAN a young lout; an unfashionable, uncouth, or unsophisticated person, esp. regarded as being of low social status → 1984 Aust. sl., depreciative usage
► BUNGO-BESSY a boorish low-class woman → 1940s W. Indies
► CLAY-EATER a poor or low-class person → 1841 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► COPPERTAIL the ordinary or average person; one belonging to the lower classes of society → 1890 Aust. sl.
► DAM a term applied to women of the lowest rank → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIRT an insignificant or low-class person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► DIRT-EATER one who eats clay; hence, a poor or low-class person → 1840 Amer. dial., usually derogatory
► GUTTERLING a person bred in the gutter; a person of low social status → 1846
► GUTTER-SNIPE a child brought up ‘in the gutter’; one of the lowest class; an urchin → c1869
► HALARI a low-class woman given to fighting → 20C W. Indies sl.
► HAMMER KNOCKER a rustic; someone considered uncouth or low-class → 1986 Amer. dial.
► HAWNYOCK an inexperienced or ignorant person; a hick; a low-class or insignificant person → 1943 Amer. dial.
► HUSSY ► HUZZY formerly: a woman; a lass; hence, a strong country woman; a woman of low social status; also, a disreputable woman of improper behaviour, or of light or worthless character; a badly-behaved, pert, or mischievous girl → 1647
► KABA-KABA a low-class, worthless, rough person → 20C W. Indies sl.
► LINTHEAD a cotton-mill worker; hence, a low-class White person; a hillbilly; an insignificant person → 1933 Amer. dial., derogatory
► MALKIN ► MAWKIN used as a female personal name; typically applied to a woman of the lower classes → c1275 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MOLLEY ► MOLLY a girl, a woman, esp. a lower-class one; a prostitute → 1706 now chiefly Irish English
► MOLLISHER a woman; a low-class girl or woman; one living in concubinage; a female cohabiting with a man, who jointly get their living by thieving; a thief’s mistress; a wife → 1812 sl.
► MUDSILL a person of the lowest possible social class → US Civil War usage
► OICK ► OIK a low-class fellow → L19 schools’ sl.
► PIKEY a member of the underclass → Brit. sl., derogatory
► PINEY-WOODS CRACKER a poor or low-class person → 1872 Amer. dial.
► PINEY-WOOD TACKEYS a poor or low-class person → 1888 Amer. dial.
► PLEB a lower-class person → 1865 sl.
► PLEBBIE ► PLEBBY a lower-class person → 1962
► POOR BARKER a low-class, poor White person → 1890 Amer. dial.
► POOR BUCKRA a low-class, poor White person → 1836 Amer. dial.
► PROLE a lower-class person → 1887 sl.
► RABBLE persons of the lowest class → 1726
► TACKEY ► TACKIE ► TACKY a low-class White person → 1836 Amer. dial.
► TALENT persons of the lowest class → 1882 Aust. sl.
► TIB formerly, a typical name for a woman of the lower classes; a common woman → 1533 obs.
► TRUNDLE-BED TRASH a low-class, shiftless person or group; very young, worthless people just married → 1850 Amer. dial.
► WHITE TRASH the poor White population of the Southern States of America, and hence, contemptuously, a low-class White person; the class of such people → 1824 Amer. dial.
► YARD APE a poor, low-class White person, White trash → 2003 Amer. dial.
► YELLOWHAMMER a low-class White person → 2000 Amer. dial., derogatory
VERBS
► SLUM ► SLUM IT to descend to the level of the lower classes → 1928 sl.
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