Holmes is an English-language surname with several origins.
Click here to see some of our 'fixies'. What's a fixie?. âFixie is short for âfixed gear,â which is a slang term for bicycles that have drivetrains with one gear that's fixed to the rear wheel so that you cannot coast and must continue pedaling whenever the bike's moving.
Petite bourgeoisie (French pronunciation: â), also petty bourgeoisie (literally small bourgeoisie), is a French term (sometimes derogatory) referring to a social class comprising semi-autonomous peasantry and small-scale merchants whose politico-economic ideological stance in times of socioeconomic stability is determined by reflecting that of a ...