Word: plebe
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...active, ponderous but keen. His flat, unhurried Pittsburgh voice might surprise those who think of him as a poet of South Carolina, one of the leaders in the recent revival of Southern letters. But in his 43 years he has come a long way from home. As a plebe at the U. S. Naval Academy he overstrained himself in athletics, was granted an honorable discharge; later (1915) he graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with honors as a Bachelor of Science in economics. After a job with the Bell Telephone Co. he enlisted in the National Guard, saw active service...
...Mississippi, summoned her Cadillac to the front door of the Bilbo home at Poplarville, Miss. To her Negro chauffeur, an ex-convict pardoned by her husband, she named her destination: West Point, N. Y. Then away she drove to visit her son. Cadet Theodore Gilmore Bilbo Jr., a plebe at the U. S. Military Academy...
...plebe replies virtuously...
...Well, move your neck back, Dumbjohn. Hey, you file closers get on that plebe. You drive around to my room tonight at first call for supper. Understand...
...plebe grunts and draws his shoulders back until until the blades are almost touching. Merely correction; not hazing...