The Devil's Dictionary: Plebeian

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
PLEASURE
PLEBISCITE

PLEBEIAN

-n.

An ancient Roman who in the blood of his country stained nothing but his hands. Distinguished from the Patrician, who was a saturated solution.

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