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单词 unwashed
释义 un·washed
I. \“+\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English unwasched, from un- (I) + wasched, past participle of waschen to wash
1. : not cleaned with or as if with soap and water
 < a sink full of unwashed dishes >
2. : belonging to or characteristic of the common herd : ignorant, plebeian
 < the country is intellectually unwashed — George Moore >
 < popular support … lay in the unwashed social stratum — Time >
II. noun
(-s)
: an ignorant or underprivileged group : rabble
 < spreading … sunshine among the unwashed as well as the nobility — C.W.Ferguson >
— often used in the phrase the great unwashed
 < from the society woman down to numbers of the great unwashedSydney (Australia) Mail >
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