hoi polloi

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Known for only wearing metallic animal masks and formal attire, the VIPs are the filthy rich who pay to watch and bet on the desperate hoi polloi who compete in the Squid Game.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2024

But the difference between championship-caliber teams such as Milwaukee and the league’s hoi polloi is knowing how to turn an inch into a mile.

From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2023

The residents seemed “perfectly happy to have their rich neighbors looking at them, but they’re not happy to have hoi polloi at the Tate looking at them,” he said.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Now Palm Springs is known as a picture-postcard fantasy for hoi polloi like you and me, sipping cucumber-infused water poolside while humming bars of “The Girl from Ipanema.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 14, 2022

Presumably they were used to dazzle hoi polloi.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann