pleb

Example Sentences

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He admitted swearing at officers but denied calling them "plebs".

From BBC

Somewhere outside this room is the real world, where finery and foppishness won’t save these characters from an uprising of the plebs.

From New York Times

Mr Mitchell admitted using bad language towards a Downing Street police officer but denied calling him a "pleb".

From BBC

And he asked when the prime minister would apologise for having "one rule for him and his chums and another for the rest of us plebs".

From BBC

Reader Tyler Hogan responded with a really sharp comment, which he gave me permission to share here: This goes further than “managerial class wants to remind plebs who’s in power.”

From The Verge