Antonyms for great unwashed


Grammar : Noun


Definition of great unwashed

  • As in masses : noun public, crowd
  • As in ruck : noun crowd
  • As in crowd : noun large assembly
  • As in hoi polloi : noun common people
Example sentences :
  • The "great unwashed" were not so from choice, it would appear.
  • Extract from : « The Battle with the Slum » by Jacob A. Riis.
  • They are the great unwashed, the mutable many, the common people.
  • Extract from : « Old Junk » by H. M. Tomlinson
  • Mobility, the populace; or, according to Burke, the great unwashed.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • "Morgan calls politics the sport of the great unwashed," observed Anne.
  • Extract from : « The Tempering » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Great unwashed fleeces are counted slowly out from the smoke-stack.
  • Extract from : « The World on Wheels and Other Sketches » by Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
  • I am now truly a member of the army of the great unwashed and unwashableno, I take that back.
  • Extract from : « Conscript 2989 » by Irving Crump
  • The great unwashed of England would not understand the service of the Anglican Church.
  • Extract from : « English Pharisees and French Crocodiles » by Max O'Rell
  • Those who belong to the family of the "great unwashed," will find to their cost that bees are decided foes to all of their tribe.
  • Extract from : « Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee » by L. L. Langstroth
  • It is even so; travellers on the Alaskan trails as well as natives belong to the "great unwashed."
  • Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck
  • Mountain climbers belong legitimately to the great unwashed.
  • Extract from : « The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) » by Hudson Stuck

Synonyms for great unwashed

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