plebeian
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All the enlightened reformers in Europe were desperately trying to eliminate the peasant peculiarities and plebeian dialects that divided the peoples of their nations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
But the filmmakers have given him an all-access pass, from plebeian alleyways to marbled halls of power, and he is forever walking in unannounced on people who could literally have his head.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
It has roots in both scholarly tea parties and plebeian street-side “tiger stoves” that sold hot water for brewing tea at home and then started setting up stools so customers could linger.
From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2021
There were the paeans from plebeian basketball fans and politicians alike, almost as if public genuflection to a sports idol were American dogma.
From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2020
He liked the community’s stasis, its plebeian virtues and unassuming mien.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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