Crossword-Solution: POLLOI
We have 13 clues for the answer “POLLOI”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "Hoi" follower | 1 answer |
| A "hoi" mate? | 1 answer |
| Greek for "many" | 1 answer |
| Hoi -- | 1 answer |
| Hoi -- (common folk) | 1 answer |
| Hoi -- (masses) | 1 answer |
| Hoi __: the masses | 1 answer |
| Hoi ____: the masses | 1 answer |
| Many, in Greek | 1 answer |
| Many, in Miletus | 1 answer |
| Many: Gr. | 1 answer |
| Many: Greek. | 1 answer |
| Word with "hoi" | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with POLLOI (5)
Fortunately, while Hugo despised the "hoi polloi" as only a stupid, miseducated snob can despise, he appreciated that they had votes and so must be conciliated; and he yearned with the snob's famished yearning for the title and dignity of judge.
Gregor, valeting in a hotel, pressing coats and trousers and sewing on buttons! Groggy old world, wasn't it? Gregor, pressing the trousers of the hoi polloi! Gregor, who could have sent New York mad with that old Stradivarius of his! But Gregor was wise.
Hateful word, yes, but having a perfectly legitimate niche, since in the minds of the hoi polloi it nicely describes the differences between the poor gentleman and the gentleman of leisure.
Thus, you shall stand on the aristocratic side of a room filled with company, and every thing will present a vulgar and democratic appearance; or, vice versa, you shall occupy a place among the oi polloi, and all is aristocratic, exclusive, and offensive.
Those grounds, which so long lay a reproach to the national taste and liberality, are now fast becoming beautiful, are already exceedingly pretty, and give to a structure that is destined to become historical, having already associated with it the names of Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, and Quincy Adams, together with the _ci polloi_ of the later Presidents, an _entourage_ that is suitable to its past recollections and its present purposes.
Quotes with POLLOI (2)
A chubby vole sat as guardian between the two sections, making sure the hoi polloi didn't get any ideas above their station. His name was Harold, and the most important thing he had learned in his life, as far as he was concerned, was that it was entirely possible to sleep with one's eyes open, or at least open enough to deceive passersby, if one was willing to put in a bit of practice. True, it wasn't as good as a full-on nap, but any degree of slumber was better than waking…
Fact is, famous people say fame stinks because they love it so - like a secret restaurant or holiday island they don't want the hoi polloi to get their grubby paws on.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 17 times in crossword archives (1955–2018).