pleb
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After the "plebgate" incident at Downing Street in September 2012, then-Chief Whip Mr Mitchell apologised for using bad language but denied using the word pleb.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2014
The then cabinet member apologised for using bad language but denied using the word pleb.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2013
Mr Mitchell resigned in October after allegedly calling a Downing Street policeman a "pleb", which he denies.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2013
No 10 said the inquiry's scope was sufficient, after Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood admitted he did not look at whether the word "pleb" was used.
From BBC • Jan. 10, 2013
Till then we wait, Enduring insult, tyranny, from him, The common enemy of nobleman And pleb.
From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Gilmore, Marion Forster