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unwashed definition

un·washed (un wôs̸ht′, -wäs̸ht′)

adjective

not washed; dirty, soiled, etc.
unwashed Idioms

the (great) unwashed

the common people; the masses: originally a patronizing or contemptuous use, now usually ironic in application, with reference to elitism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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