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51vulgus — n the masses, the common people, com monalty, the working class, the lower class, the huddled masses, the multitude, the mob, the populace; the common man, the man in the street; peasants, proletariat, rank and file, plebians, the hoi polloi;… …
52mob — n. 1. Tumultuous rabble, rude multitude, lawless crowd. 2. Populace, riff raff, lower orders, vulgar herd, scum of society, dregs of the people, ragtag and bobtail, canaille. 3. Mob cap …
53rout — I n 1. conquest, vanquishment, defeat, subjugation, subdual; drubbing, beating, Sl. pasting, Sl. shellacking, trouncing; discomfiture, overwhelming, trampling, overcoming, overpowering, overthrow, wipeout, upset; debacle, disorderly flight,… …
54underworld — n 1. criminal element of society, the mob, the Mafia, the syndicate, organized crime; dregs of society, scum of the earth, riffraff, rabble, Contemptuous. ragtag and bobtail. 2. abode of the dead, nether regions, grave, hell; Sheol, Hades, Orcus …
55vermin — n 1. lice, cooties, Dial. varmints. 2. scoundrel, dog, cur, reptile, swine, snake, snake in the grass, Inf. bad egg. 3. riffraff, rabble, ruck, rout, canaille, scum, scum of the earth, dregs or offscourings of society, Contemptuous. ragtag and… …
56shagrag — I. ˈshaˌgrag, ˈshaaˌgraa(ə)g, ˈshaiˌgraig noun Etymology: alteration (probably influenced by shag) (II) of shakerag 1. : a ragged or contemptible person 2. : ragtag 1 used in the phrase shagrag and …
