pleb

Example Sentences

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He has admitted swearing during the original incident but has always denied the allegation by the officer present, PC Toby Rowland, that he used the word "pleb".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2014

After the "plebgate" incident at Downing Street in September 2012, then-Chief Whip Mr Mitchell apologised for using bad language but denied using the word pleb.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2014

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

Till then we wait, Enduring insult, tyranny, from him, The common enemy of nobleman And pleb.

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