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low_on_the_totem_pole
low on the totem pole
English
Adjective
low on the totem pole
- (idiomatic) Least important.
- 1965, 7th of April, Washington Observer, King Defends Alabama Boycott, Answers Critics
- Gaston said, however, that the boycott would not substantially affect Negroes because they are "so low on the totem pole."
- 1965, 7th of April, Washington Observer, King Defends Alabama Boycott, Answers Critics