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lumpenproletariat
 
NOUN:A group of persons regarded as the lowest class: dreg (often used in plural), rabble, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, trash. Slang : scum. Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed. See OVER, RICH.
 
 
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