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Seduce out of hiding the estimated $4 billion in gold concealed in the socks of French peasants and petits bourgeois.

From Time Magazine Archive

But behind the splendid facades of Paris, which were so thoroughly scoured creme and clean on the orders of Cultural Minister Andre Malraux, France became something of a petits bourgeois prude.

From Time Magazine Archive

This year an unknown number of businesses and petits bourgeois have been illegally transferring their liquid assets to Switzerland, Liechtenstein and other countries with strong currencies and discreet bankers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The French divide them into petits bourgeois and grands bourgeois.

From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Orth, Samuel P.