vulgar

• He distinguishes with his usual clearness between the different ranks of those employed in the production and exchange of goods, and intimates that his advice is not intended for the highest grade of traders, the merchants, whom he defines by what he calls the vulgar expression, as being “such as trade beyond sea.” —  Daniel Defoe
• For example, Homer treated the shield of Achilles grandly, though the making of a shield, looking merely at the matter, is a very commonplace affair One degree below the common or the vulgar is the element of the base or gross, which differs from the common in being not only something negative, a simple lack of inspiration or nobleness, but something positive, marking coarse feelings, bad morals, and contemptible manners. —  The Works of Frederich Schiller
• ` pig's snout, 'the ` soft end of a coconut,' or, in vulgar language, a ` mouth. ' —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4
• One degree below the common or the vulgar is the element of the base or gross, which differs from the common in being not only something negative, a simple lack of inspiration or nobleness, but something positive, marking coarse feelings, bad morals, and contemptible manners. —  Aesthetical Essays of Frederich Schiller
• Now the vulgar are the children of the State. —  Life Of Johnson

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