hoi polloi
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Known for only wearing metallic animal masks and formal attire, the VIPs are the filthy rich who pay to watch and bet on the desperate hoi polloi who compete in the Squid Game.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2024
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
No pestilence had been ever so fatal, or so hideous,” begins Poe’s 1842 tale about a prince who parties with revelers safely locked away in his posh castle while the hoi polloi outside perish.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2022
Presumably they were used to dazzle hoi polloi.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
