proletelerians

Updated: August 2, 2026

There were hungry looking individuals of thirty-five or so that he decided must be "Proletelerians" he had often wanted to find someone who fitted that attractive word. Middle-aged men, "too Old at Forty," discoursed in the waiting-rooms on the outlook in the trade; it had never been so bad, they said, while Mr. Polly wondered if "De-juiced" was a permissible epithet.

H. G. (Herbert George) Wells - The History of Mr. Polly