great unwashed
or Great Unwashed
the general public; the populace or masses.
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How to use great unwashed in a sentence
She is touring what she calls “this great unwashed middle of the country” in an effort to divine the mood of the midterms.
She could not go back into the Cathedral; it was musty in itself and crowded with the great unwashed.
The Californians | Gertrude Franklin Horn AthertonVery well, we'll try it on the 'great unwashed;' if there happens to be a bit of fire left.
Think of the horrors that encompass all the 'great unwashed,' and then perhaps you will feel as I do.
Molly Bawn | Margaret Wolfe HamiltonAt last, in 1833, an actual collision took place between them and the great unwashed in Coldbath Fields.
Curiosities of Civilization | Andrew Wynter
He shirked the element itself, however, as religiously as though he had been one of London's great unwashed.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
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