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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a low man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is morally or ethically inferior, or who has a low status in a social context.
Example: "In the eyes of his peers, he was considered a low man for his dishonest actions."
Alternatives: "an inferior person" or "a base individual".
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"I used to be a low man on the totem pole," he said.
You'll be up and down like a (low man on the totem pole) jack-in-the-box.
He then landed a job as a low man on the totem pole at a manufacturer named Anna Miller.
That would be a problem for Mr. Corzine, a member of the Banking, Budget and Environment panels, who lamented to a reporter recently that he was a low man on all, having arrived in the Senate only two years ago.
In the US, the head of the HRM function was traditionally considered "a low man" (Jacoby et al. 2005) in the managerial hierarchy.
There's always a low man on the totem pole a man who's hardly a man at all but more of some sort of servile ape.
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As a train conductor for only the last two and a half years and a relatively low man in terms of seniority at Metro-North, Mr. Simons puts in a full work week, but much of it is on weekends and at off-peak hours.
DO NOT a high pitch girly voice or an extra low man voice, it's extremely obvious.
Are you willing to take a pay cut? Be low man on the totem pole?
At a restaurant that evening, Low Man sits between Tracy and her partner, Sara.
Short story about an American Indian mystery writer, Low Man Smith, who flies to Missoula, Montana, to meet a woman he imagines starting a long-term relationship with.
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