pleb

Example Sentences

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The then cabinet member apologised for using bad language but denied using the word pleb.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2013

Michael Portillo has said he "misspoke" when he claimed he had heard former Conservative chief whip Andrew Mitchell say the word "pleb".

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2013

But he also maintained: "I think most people who know me know I would not use words like pleb or moron in describing anyone."

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2013

No 10 said the inquiry's scope was sufficient, after Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood admitted he did not look at whether the word "pleb" was used.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2013

I know the maid; a blameless child of one Virginius, a soldier and a pleb.

From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Gilmore, Marion Forster