Middle America bourgeoisie burgherdom common people common run common sort commonage commonality commonalty commoners commons fourth-rater laborers linendrapers lower classes lower middle class lower orders lumpen proletariat mediocrity middle order middle orders no prize nobody special nonentity nothing special ordinary people peasantry plain folks plain people proletariat rank and file second-rater shopkeepers silent majority small beer small potatoes small tradesmen suburbia the lower cut the other half the third estate third-rater tinhorn toilers toiling class upper middle class vulgus working class working people