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It must have peeled off to a more plebeian parking place.

But the Master, it must be said, is a man of plebeian tastes.

My name, at present, is a very usual and rather plebeian one - Simpson.

Did Murphy have to play a plebeian part with quite such enthusiasm?

I doubted that he'd consumed anything so plebeian in quite some time.

Although not especially common, it was used by both patrician and plebeian families.

First he had to find a plebeian willing to adopt him, if that was the only way to do it.

He was best known for his blue-collar politics and plebeian attitude.

Once seen as plebeian, tramp art is beginning to be taken seriously.

I'll stick with the democratic and plebeian methods which built the American republic, thank you.

You either disappear into a plebeian background or move forward to where most others fear to follow.

She thought the promotion excessive for a man of his plebeian origin.

The year following the passage of the law did see a plebeian stand for consul.

"You laid your plebeian hands upon me," cried the king, raising his voice.

Thus, the number of plebeian senators probably increased quickly.

"My sympathies are thoroughly plebeian," he wrote to a friend in 1848.

Here I think that the plebeian printer has done very much better than the aristocrat.

Such avidity has something plebeian about it, don't you think?

The family was originally patrician, but also had plebeian branches.

Now it is showing signs of becoming a somewhat more plebeian enterprise.

Independent farmers and crafts men headed the plebeian majority of the population.

They were not always in such plebeian company.

Ultimately, the plebeian tribune's veto was based in a promise of physical force.

By the time the nominations were all in, the list of candidates read like a plebeian honor roll.

Therefore, there is no harm in giving his plebeian name, which was Potts.

A few years later, plebeians were also being admitted to it.

If he was, his descendants may still have gone over to the plebeians.

Only Plebeians would have served in such a low rank.

Plebeians served in the army, but rarely became military leaders.

Even the plebeians were not entirely convinced that he was up to the job.

The plebeians demanded the right to elect their own officials.

One consular position had to be opened to the plebeians.

The office was probably open in quite early times to both patricians and plebeians.

During the early years of the republic, the Plebeians were not allowed to hold ordinary political office.

Most others were plebeians, the lowest class of Roman citizens.

In effect, the plebeians were satisfied with the possession of power, but did not care to use it.

At that time the consulship was opened to the plebeians.

The plebeians are a bit thick, as they didn't see through Caesar.

The patriotism of the plebeians had kept them from seeking any new reforms.

It was, in all likelihood, simply a matter of time before the Plebeians came to dominate the senate.

True, those men were chiefs and nobles; but are plebeians less human?

In the final decades of this era many plebeians grew poorer.

The name was probably more widespread amongst the plebeians and in the countryside.

When plebeians began to be admitted, the size of the colleges was expanded.

It was the rest of us Majestic plebeians they resented.

By this point, plebeians were already holding a significant number of magisterial offices.

The final decades of this era saw a worsening economic situation for many Plebeians.

He was a champion of the plebeians in their struggle with the patricians.

The citizens were permitted to hold only minor offices, while plebeians had no voice in government.

The patricians agreed, and the plebeians returned to the battlefield.