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Use of Unwashed masses #1 (permalink) Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:37 am   Use of Unwashed masses
 

Hi

Could you please tell me the use of Unwashed masses?

I mean, the meaning and all.

Mister Micawber once wrote:
Wikipedia is written by unwashed masses


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Use of Unwashed masses #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:51 am   Use of Unwashed masses
 

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I think you need to take more advantage of the dictionary, Tom. Here are the entries for the first 4 dictionaries I checked at ONE LOOK DICTIONARY SEARCH:

Plebeian: the unwashed masses.

Of or associated with the great masses of people (Example: "The unwashed masses")

IGNORANT, PLEBEIAN <the unwashed masses>

PHRASES: the (great) unwashed derogatory the multitude of ordinary people.
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