hoi-polloi in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

hoi-polloi in the PONS Dictionary

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Primped and preened, we're inspired to go and eat cake with the hoi polloi.
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As a result, he goes to great lengths to block out the presence of the hoi polloi around him.
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Collecting titles is both a means to pass the time and a subtle reminder to hoi polloi of whom to respect.
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The hoi polloi of the country wanted a new crowned head.
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They didn't want the hoi polloi walking on their land, that was the top and bottom of it.
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He used the phrase the hoi polloi, to demonstrate the mistake he warned against.
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It wasn't until 1890 that the province's booze and railroad barons began to crowd out the rural hoi polloi.
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Out of touch with modernity, they'll tell you, the hoi polloi now distracts itself with strange conspiracies.
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Governments just try to divide it up enough, and provide enough bread and circuses, that the hoi polloi don't burn down parliament.
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The hoi polloi (you and me) were simply too dim, too emotional, too uneducated to be safely allowed to choose their governments.
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