pleb

Example Sentences

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He has admitted swearing during the original incident but has always denied the allegation by the officer present, PC Toby Rowland, that he used the word "pleb".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2014

In , the FT notes that what did it for Mr Mitchell was his disputed use of the word "pleb".

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2012

How dare some nobody pleb have the temerity to criticise YOU.

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

Ian Brookes says that these days, the word is mostly used by somebody about themselves as a mark of false modesty, such as, "I'm such a pleb when it comes to modern art."

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2012

Sister mine, how canst Thou hope to wed a soldier and a pleb?

From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Gilmore, Marion Forster