| 单词 | the great unwashed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe great unwashed People who are not usually in a clean state, regarded collectively; the ‘lower classes’. Frequently in the great unwashed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [noun] > collectively unwashed1830 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > the unwashed clobberiousness1577 unwashed1830 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. p. xix He is certainly a man who bathes and ‘lives cleanly’, (two especial charges preferred against him by Messrs. the Great Unwashed). 1833 T. Hook Parson's Daughter II. vi. 119 The ‘fat and greasy’, and the ‘great unwashed’, bowed and smiled their best. 1840 Tipperary Constitution 21 Aug. 2/3 The learned gentleman then briefly addressed the few unwashed, who were attracted to the scene. 1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxx. 290 Gentlemen, there can be but little doubt that your ancestors were the Great Unwashed. 1853 in Thornton Amer. Gloss. 920 A great portion of the unwashed, as well as the ‘unterrified’ left the hall. 1859 F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout 417 The ‘waters of instruction’ are to be plentifully supplied to the unwashed. 1868 T. Wright Great Unwashed Pref. Whenever..I speak of working men, or the working classes, it is in the ‘great-unwashed’ sense. < as lemmas |
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