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Hands up.

Heard it as an expression in a Brit-Com somewhere such as 'You and your ilk.' Figure it means a group of others like the person targeted in the sentence. Not a complimentary term.
 
Learned it in vocabulary drill in Junior year English class prep for the New York State Regent's exam.
 
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