She therefore resolved to inquire, the first opportunity, into the condition of the sinking fund of his Plebeianism, and had serious thoughts of contributing her mite towards the advancement of the desired object, did she find it within the bounds of probable success.
"Precaution"
James Fenimore Cooper
Nature and education had combined to deprive her of any adaptability to the new order of things; and she rejected the idea that "a lady should transact business", with the same contemptuous indignation that would have greeted a proposition to wear "machine-sewed garments", that last resort of impecunious Plebeianism.
"At the Mercy of Tiberius"
August Evans Wilson
Mrs. Mason received them joyfully, but declared that she could never, never forgive George for his silly freak of connecting himself with such Plebeianism!
"Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale"
Ida Glenwood