great unwashed

Betekenis (Engels)

The general populace, particularly the working class.

Sinonieme

crowd

masses

people

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public

rabble

Vertalings

vulgum pecus

popolino

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˌɡɹeɪt ʌnˈwɒʃt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Attributed by many to Edmund Burke, the first published use of the phrase was by Edward Bulwer-Lytton in a dedicatory epistle for 1830, Paul Clifford.