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great unwashed

noun as in masses

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She is touring what she calls “this great unwashed middle of the country” in an effort to divine the mood of the midterms.

She could not go back into the Cathedral; it was musty in itself and crowded with the Great Unwashed.

Very well, we'll try it on the 'Great unwashed;' if there happens to be a bit of fire left.

Think of the horrors that encompass all the 'great unwashed,' and then perhaps you will feel as I do.

At last, in 1833, an actual collision took place between them and the great unwashed in Coldbath Fields.

He shirked the element itself, however, as religiously as though he had been one of London's great unwashed.

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On this page you'll find 155 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to great unwashed, such as: circle, congregation, crew, group, horde, and lot.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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