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

Michael Portillo has said he "misspoke" when he claimed he had heard former Conservative chief whip Andrew Mitchell say the word "pleb".

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

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

I would that thou Wouldst lead us into action, noble pleb.

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