| 单词 | prolier-than-thou |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprolier-than-thou Of working-class origin; = proletarian adj. 3 (cf. prole adj.). Also in prolier-than-thou (cf. holier-than-thou at holy adj. 5). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [adjective] > courting common people > inverted snob prolier-than-thou1971 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > working-class laborious1534 mechanicc1550 mechanical1584 aproned1628 working class1833 proletarian1848 lower working class1878 proletary1884 cloth-capped1935 prole1938 cloth cap1959 Coronation Street1962 proly1971 1971 Listener 2 Sept. 311/3 This ‘prolier than thou’ account. 1972 C. Drummond Death at Bar iii. 69 It was one thing..for people of decent family and quite another for prolly sergeants. 1988 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Nov. Mr Skinner was keen to prove to other MPs that he was prolier-than-thou. 2005 Observer (Nexis) 23 Jan. 31 Blunkett would probably have ignored the judges and gone into his prolier-than-thou routine. < as lemmas |
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