pleb

Example Sentences

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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

Mr Mitchell resigned in October after allegedly calling a Downing Street policeman a "pleb", which he denies.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2013

Conservative MP Mr Mitchell has always denied using the word "pleb" but has admits he lost his temper and swore at the officers after they refused to let him cycle through the main gate.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2012

How dare some nobody pleb have the temerity to criticise YOU.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

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