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Oi Polloi

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properly Hoi Polloi, (Greek.) The commonalty, the many. In University slang the “poll men,” or those who take degrees without “honours.”

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.