Definitions

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of plebeian.
  • noun Alternative spelling of plebeian.

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Examples

  • If you don't like the idea of plebian butter infecting the taste of your aristocratic cheese choices, simply shave off the borders of your block before serving.

    Lifehacker 2009

  • I hope you were aiming for the girl who sits in front of me (affectionatly nicknamed 'plebian' by Meghan and me).

    Flying flip flops grassbrace 2003

  • But its the rhyme of "plebian" with "me and" that is the joy here. of the space between our chairs

    Word Magazine - Comments dave_walker 2009

  • Marx wrote of the evolution of society through revolution, going through various stages such as plebian, feudal, agrarian and industrial. the revolution bit was not necessarily through violence but could be innovation - the revolution that saw the industrial age born from agrarianism for example.

    Army Rumour Service 2009

  • But its the rhyme of "plebian" with "me and" that is the joy here. of the space between our chairs

    Word Magazine - 2009

  • a movie that gives the word "plebian" a good name.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

  • But often, beer drinking falls back on plebian vulgarities, on pints pounded, on bongs and shotguns.

    My, What a Big Beer You Have! William Bostwick 2011

  • I think plebian Titus Pullo had the best response to said elites:

    Matthew Yglesias » Air Force Strikes Back 2009

  • Er.. what poor plebian Myles overlooks is the word “school”.

    Matthew Yglesias » Yglesias on Maddow 2009

  • It's more like the SoHo was before it got so plebian—before the Gap and United Colors of Benetton moved in there.

    Meatpacking Rents Flip Shops Laura Kusisto 2012

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  • Do you maybe want plebeian?

    March 30, 2007