hoi polloi
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Even better, how about offering more leg room in all rows and eliminating middle seats as a gesture to the hoi polloi?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
But the difference between championship-caliber teams such as Milwaukee and the league’s hoi polloi is knowing how to turn an inch into a mile.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2023
“It’s that essential question: Does first class buy you the right to avoid hoi polloi and their kids, or do you need to fly private for that?”
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
Soon after independence was won, the founding fathers began conspiring against their fellow revolutionists among the hoi polloi.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2020
Presumably they were used to dazzle hoi polloi.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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