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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective same as low-class. Contrasted with middle-class and upper-class.

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  • adjective Not of the elite, of the peasantry or working-class.
  • adjective Unrefined.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the social class lowest in the social hierarchy
  • adjective occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

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