great unwashed
Example Sentences
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From the standpoint of the great unwashed these busts were simply delicious, taking down hedge fund managers, CEOs, at least one California winemaker, a Desperate Housewife and Aunt Becky from "Full House."
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2021
It’s why they are nearly helpless against the good teams, even as they often look like world-beaters against the great unwashed of MLB.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2019
The movie academy considers its “patrician duty to tell the great unwashed what they should be watching,’” not rewarding what viewers pay to see, Cameron told The Daily Beast.
From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2017
"People accept they're going to be among the great unwashed for a few days and have found ways to deal with it," says Poole.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2013
Never in their lives did they so narrowly escape a hugging at the hands of the great unwashed; and this unwelcome demonstration as directed against them was quite without reason or excuse.
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence
