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# {{slang|idiomatic|sometimes pejorative|sometimes ethnic slur}} An [[uncultured]], [[rowdy]] [[roughneck]] employed in the [[petroleum]] industry, especially a [[white trash]] person if used negatively. |
# {{slang|idiomatic|sometimes pejorative|sometimes ethnic slur}} An [[uncultured]], [[rowdy]] [[roughneck]] employed in the [[petroleum]] industry, especially a [[white trash]] person if used negatively. |
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#* '''1986''', World oil: Volume 203, Issues 1-6, [http://books.google.com/books?id=A-kdAQAAMAAJ&q=oil+trash&dq=oil+trash&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BnpmT-zPDuXPiALOtNWiDw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBDgK link] |
#* '''1986''', World oil: Volume 203, Issues 1-6, [http://books.google.com/books?id=A-kdAQAAMAAJ&q=oil+trash&dq=oil+trash&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BnpmT-zPDuXPiALOtNWiDw&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBDgK link] |
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#*: One of my biggest complaints in this mess is that oil people are not speaking out. I am third generation '''oil trash''', and beyond my personal loss in business, I love this industry and the people who gave it birth. |
#*: One of my biggest complaints in this mess is that oil people are not speaking out. I am third generation '''oil trash''', and beyond my personal loss in business, I love this industry and the people who gave it birth. |
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#* '''2007''', Paul Catrer, ''Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=X4I4fRuG2NIC&pg=PA113&dq=oil+trash&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lXlmT5G0DeSbiQKP562iDw&ved=0CF0Q6AEwBA page 113] |
#* '''2007''', Paul Catrer, ''Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=X4I4fRuG2NIC&pg=PA113&dq=oil+trash&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lXlmT5G0DeSbiQKP562iDw&ved=0CF0Q6AEwBA page 113] |
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#*: We kicked on to a few more bars, having a good time, until a group of drunk American businessmen called us |
#*: We kicked on to a few more bars, having a good time, until a group of drunk American businessmen called us and shoved Erwin. We were not dressed like oil trash, we didn't draw attention to ourselves or look for trouble. |
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#* '''2011''', Richard Ben Cramer, ''What It Takes: The Way to the White House'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=djZWFPIatUMC&pg=PT101&dq=oil+trash&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tXpmT-L-IMqtiALVvZGjDw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwADgo link] |
#* '''2011''', Richard Ben Cramer, ''What It Takes: The Way to the White House'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=djZWFPIatUMC&pg=PT101&dq=oil+trash&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tXpmT-L-IMqtiALVvZGjDw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwADgo link] |
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#*: Never called anybody “'''oil trash'''.” Never had a bad word for anybody. |
#*: Never called anybody “'''oil trash'''.” Never had a bad word for anybody. |
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Revision as of 21:22, 7 September 2012
English
Noun
- Template:slang An uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a white or "white trash" person if used negatively.
- 1986, World oil: Volume 203, Issues 1-6, link
- One of my biggest complaints in this mess is that oil people are not speaking out. I am third generation oil trash, and beyond my personal loss in business, I love this industry and the people who gave it birth.
- 2007, Paul Catrer, Don't Tell Mom I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player, page 113
- We kicked on to a few more bars, having a good time, until a group of drunk American businessmen called us “oil trash” and shoved Erwin. We were not dressed like oil trash, we didn't draw attention to ourselves or look for trouble.
- 2011, Richard Ben Cramer, What It Takes: The Way to the White House, link
- Never called anybody “oil trash.” Never had a bad word for anybody.
- 1986, World oil: Volume 203, Issues 1-6, link
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