資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Play \Play\, v. t.

   {To play hob}, to play the part of a mischievous spirit; to
      work mischief. Plebs \Plebs\ (pl[e^]bz), n. [L. Cf.
   {Plebe}.]
   1. The commonalty of ancient Rome who were citizens without
      the usual political rights; the plebeians; --
      distinguished from the {patricians}.

   2. Hence, the common people; the populace; -- construed as a
      pl.