petty bourgeois
noun
Origin of petty bourgeois
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby petty bourgeois
pettiskirt,
pettislip,
pettitoes,
pettle,
petty,
petty bourgeois,
petty bourgeoisie,
petty cash,
petty jury,
petty larceny,
petty officer
Example sentences from the Web for petty bourgeois
Thus a petty-bourgeois subterfuge becomes the solution of Sismondi: putting the dampers on accumulation.
The Accumulation of Capital |Rosa Luxemburg