hoi polloi
Example Sentences
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The store announced its opening with good news for the hot dog hoi polloi: 50 cent hot dogs, compared with Papaya King’s 75.
From New York Times • May 24, 2023
Hardly anyone got a pay raise in 2020 as the pandemic savaged the economy—except those in the Executive Class—while in 2021 modest pay raises for the hoi polloi were widespread.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022
Tommy is good — if that’s even the right word — at stirring up hoi polloi.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021
No fighting their way through hoi polloi around the grounds.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 3, 2020
Presumably they were used to dazzle hoi polloi.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
