plebian

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Rice & Savoy Cabbage, is a bit more plebian, and simple winter fare.

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  • Directly facing Mr Campion, hung unsuitably beneath a large steel engraving of Ely Cathedral, was a red plush frame, in which reposed a coloured enlargement of a photograph of a bewhiskered gentleman in the regalia of some obscure and patently plebian order or society. —  Police at the Funeral - Margery Allingham - Campion 04: 1931
  • Most are plebian, some even duller, but some are simply splendid. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 01 - July 1996
  • And whether the hitherto silent - from plebian to royalty - can keep politicians in line. —  WordPress.com News
  • Tonight, however, for one hour such plebian trappings will be transcended. —  Chronogram Articles and Blogs
  • In every former-slave society, not to work is associated to being a noble person, and to do hard work is associated to being a plebian, a lowlife, a loser. —  Home
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