pleb

Example Sentences

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A judge ruled last year the MP probably had called PC Toby Rowland, an officer on duty at Downing Street's gates, a "pleb".

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2015

The then cabinet member apologised for using bad language but denied using the word pleb.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2013

But he also maintained: "I think most people who know me know I would not use words like pleb or moron in describing anyone."

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2013

Mr Mitchell resigned in October after allegedly calling a Downing Street policeman a "pleb", which he denies.

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