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proles

NOUN
working class
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This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025

But if hope lies with the proles, and that extraordinary example of the proles, is this woman singing a song about lost love and memory and yearning while hanging out diapers.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2021

In George Orwell’s “1984,” the proles are spared a life of constant surveillance, while higher-ranking members of society are exposed to Big Brother’s watchful eye.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2017

"Your father can't help being the emotionally repressed deputy head teacher who is a bit liberal and wants to get on the parish council so that the proles can keep their addiction centre."

From The Guardian ● Sep. 30, 2012

“Steamer” was a nickname which, for some reason, the proles applied to rocket bombs.

From "1984" by George Orwell


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