pleb

Example Sentences

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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

Conservative MP Mr Mitchell has always denied using the word "pleb" but has admits he lost his temper and swore at the officers after they refused to let him cycle through the main gate.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2012

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

From The Guardian • Nov. 8, 2012

And the pleb of Jerusalem shouted back as one man, “Barabba!”

From Mary Magdalen by Saltus, Edgar