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middle class: see bourgeoisie bourgeoisie (b ..... Click the link for more information. . Middle Class Babbitt self-satisfied conformer to middle-class ideas and ideals. [Am. Lit: Babbitt] representative of property-owning class in early 20th century. [Br. Lit.: The Forsyte Saga] smugly complacent in his Britishness. [Br. Lit.: Our Mutual Friend] |
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| The lower strata of the middle class -- the small tradespeople, shopkeepers, retired tradesmen generally, the handicraftsmen and peasants -- all these sink gradually into the proletariat, partly because their diminutive capital does not suffice for the scale on which Modern Industry is carried on, and is swamped in the competition with the large capitalists, partly because their specialized skill is rendered worthless by the new methods of production. We don't live at Highgate, but we're middle class too, I suppose. Long strings of young horses out of the country, fresh from the marshes; and droves of shaggy little Welsh ponies, no higher than Merrylegs; and hundreds of cart horses of all sorts, some of them with their long tails braided up and tied with scarlet cord; and a good many like myself, handsome and high-bred, but fallen into the middle class, through some accident or blemish, unsoundness of wind, or some other complaint. |
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