Questia - New Toy

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 10:38:52AM -0400, Kathleen E. Miller wrote:
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> Trailer Trash - antedate 1984
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> Home Away from Home: The Story of the USO, Book by Julia M. H. Carson;
> Harper & Brothers, 1946, page 164.
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> "When Mrs. Kroger went shopping in the nearest town and heard people
> talking about "trailer trash," it was this child's family she thought of.
> Of course there were too many of them for one trailer but she felt sure
> they were the kind of people who, even in a nice clean country kitchen,
> would dirty the place up."

OED Online published a 1943 quote (from JSTOR) for this a few
years ago.

Yes, Questia is a great resource.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED