1769 W. Warburton in A. Pope 135 (note) This, though a mere mob-opinion, is the opinion in fashion, and cherished by the Mob of all denominations.
1831 4 140 [That journal's] truckling, and trimming, and shifting, and debasing servilism to mob opinions.
1988 Autumn 117 Pudd'nhead Wilson translates mob opinion into the rule of law at the conclusion of Twain's novel.