OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23685

hoi polloi

/ˈhɔɪ pəˌlɔɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
plebe • populacho
The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
But what, pray tell, is a “librarian”? Consult the same infallible source and you will learn: “One who has the care or charge of a library.” And where does that leave the most of u…
The clientele is a select species of hoi polloi, intermixed with writers, painters and politicos and the more sophisticated American tourists.
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