groundling

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as in materialist

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Recent Examples of groundling Officials cleared dozens of barges from a river channel near Lake Providence, Louisiana, and dredged it after a groundling occurred Friday, halting river traffic in both directions for days. — Jim Salter, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022 Aimed straight at the groundlings, this rousing drinking song is pure silly fun, with Sir Toby Belch (Shuler Hensley) and the gang trading late-night insults. — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020 His creations scared the crap out of groundlings and aristocrats alike, including the Queen of Denmark and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Meiningen. — James Marcus, The New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2019

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“Groundling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundling. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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