| 单词 | lesser breeds |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslesser breeds lesser breeds n. people of inferior status.With allusion to Kipling: see quot. 1897. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > socially inferior person > [noun] > collectively vulgarsa1513 worsers1581 unconscionable1607 lower class1637 the lower orders1679 worses1857 lesser breeds1897 lower depths1902 1897 R. Kipling Recessional in Times 17 July 13/6 Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds without the Law. 1955 C. Pearl Girl with Swansdown Seat iv. 135 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt..was an English gentleman who shamed his class by championing the lesser breeds in Egypt and India. 1973 ‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder vii. 82 You and your kind think you can order the lesser breeds around. 2016 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Feb. This was an age that refused to recognise the artistic achievements of ‘lesser breeds’. < as lemmas |
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