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Meanings of lower-class in English

Occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society.

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      Examples for "low-class"
      1
      Will you kindly have the following inserted in all low-class metropolitan dailies:
      Dear Enemy
      2
      His manner was an admirable combination of low-class gallantry with pitying condescension.
      M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."
      3
      Consider the situation of an illiterate, low-class English seaman in the mid-nineteenth century.
      The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
      4
      Locke had changed into spare clothes; he now looked much more suitably low-class.
      The lies of locke lamora
      5
      A good appearance is everything in a low-class place like this.
      The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet
      Usage of lower-class in English
      1
      This kind of interaction simply doesn't happen with lower-class children, Lareau says.
      Outliers: the story of success
      2
      The lower-class man is proud of his connection with the great family.
      A Woman's Impression of the Philippines
      3
      She knew that being confident and dressing in such finery intimidated lower-class men.
      The hunchback assignments
      4
      Lawrence must also have been disoriented by this sudden immersion into lower-class life.
      Hero: the life and legend of lawrence of arabia
      5
      The lower-class neighbours had created floral arches that showed the way to the church.
      Drood: a novel
      6
      There are, by definition, comparatively few rich people, and many middle- and lower-class people.
      The Guardian
      7
      A lower-class man's life was worth less than one of the Lord Judge's animals.
      The Guardian
      8
      She was so wholesome, so sane, in her young yet mature English lower-class beauty.
      The Fortunate Youth
      9
      My clients, you see, are higher-as well as lower-class people.
      The new yorker
      10
      Most of the waiters are typical, gaunt lower-class assignees, brought in especially for the occasion.
      Crewel
      11
      His was the fabled lower-class family with middle-class values.
      The new yorker
      12
      He even helped bring in the lower-class Irish from Bridgeport and Back of the Yards.
      The bridge: the life and rise of barack obama
      13
      Another stranger, obviously male, now made his coughing entry and spoke in a lower-class accent.
      Ghosts
      14
      Of the lower-class Italian, everybody thought enough to keep out of his reach after dark.
      A Strange Discovery
      15
      The prevalence of such manifestations among servant-girls witnesses to their prevalence among lower-class girls generally.
      Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 / Analysis of the Sex...
      16
      The movie establishes him as an eccentric, lower-class and somewhat ignoble version of Henry Higgins.
      Reuters
      Lower-class through the time