Plain People
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Plain People
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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There are “regulars”: The Brother, a monstrous chancer; Keats and Chapman, literary dandies with a weakness for puns; and the Plain People of Ireland, a sort of unreliable chorus.
From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2017
The Amish of Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties, Ohio, are among the ' plainest of the picture-book Plain People.
From Time Magazine Archive
The North Portico was finished by President Jackson, whose inaugural party for the Plain People nearly wrecked the interior.
From Time Magazine Archive
Long had he fought the manager-movement, contending that under such a system the Plain People who elected him would not get their due.
From Time Magazine Archive
One must keep one's faith in the People—the Plain People, the Burgesses, the Grocers—else of all men the artists are most miserable and their teachings vain.
From An Englishman Looks at the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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