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

"Spokes, lies and videotape," is how the Independent describes the reignited "Plebgate" row, as ex-cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell accuses police of systemic dishonesty in claiming the MP called a Downing Street officer a "pleb".

From BBC • Nov. 27, 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

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

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2012

Entirely unacquainted with these descendants of ancient patrician or pleb, the Leatherstonepaughs ventilated original and individual theories concerning them, and gave them names of their own choosing.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various