Sentence:  The President's Cup, for all its high-sounding name, was one of the lowliest and most humble trophies offered for competition to the members of our club... It had been instituted by a kindly committee for the benefit of the <WSD>canaille</WSD> of our little golfing world, those retired military, naval and business men who withdraw to the country and take up golf in their fifties. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.