I git tired o 'sittin' around the hotel, doin 'nuthin' but readin 'the papers and trying to be what they call a gent of leisure. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Porter in the Gold Fields The Search for the Landslide Mine] Reference
Very good tongue-in-cheek approach ... and the gent is right, this is no laughing matter. From Wordnik.com. [GOP says even bloodhounds can't find stimulus jobs] Reference
We brought along a man named Inoki Noboyu, a nice old gent from the Japanese embassy office in Boston. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
For years I went hiking in Mt. Rainier NP, and they had a sign warning that a gent was attacking lone female hikers. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » NRA Convention report] Reference
Summer night all you can see is the "gent" next door chaperoning the growler. From Wordnik.com. [The Silly Syclopedia] Reference
Endless eggs could Mildini take from his mouth, ears, hair, or from the mouth, ears, or hair of any "gent" in the audience. From Wordnik.com. [Injun and Whitey to the Rescue] Reference
It is often suggested that Mr. Milliken's 'Arry is the survival -- or, at least, the descendant -- of the "gent" of Leech and the "snob" of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
"Ladies an 'gent'emens, take yo' pa'dners fer a Fuhginny reel!". From Wordnik.com. [The House Behind the Cedars] Reference
"He seems to be a military and sporting kind of gent, so to speak," said. From Wordnik.com. [The Mark Of Cain] Reference
"Does you call dem 'gent'mens?'" demanded the old servant, fixing his eyes on him. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Keith] Reference
He's the 'gent' who is supposed to be president of the company. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Crystal Bay or, The Secret of the Red Oar] Reference
"An 'gent's cuffs," continued Mrs. Wiggs; "I noticed them right off. From Wordnik.com. [Lovey Mary] Reference
A "gent" in his own country, but bad times and alcohol I had been too much for him. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba] Reference
"Ten bob," he bargained; "an 'you runnin' awye with th 'stuffy ol' gent's fair darter?. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Bag] Reference
The old gent did not drink, nor did I-- just then. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
'What do you mean with your old gent at the window?. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
'What did he look like, -- this old gent of yours?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The old gent knew all about the corner and how I won. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
The telepath was a stoop-shouldered balding gent with large feet. From Wordnik.com. [Tinker's Dam] Reference
'Why the old gent peeping through the window of the room upstairs?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
The old gent then got out his leather, and it was chuck full of big bills. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
In a sport coat and paisley necktie, he was the best-dressed gent in the room. From Wordnik.com. [Is Illinois Ready For A Third Party? You Betcha.] Reference
"I'm going to pray I find myself a nice Venetian gent, and that I get laid.". From Wordnik.com. [ISLANDS] Reference
"Well, sir, you are just the man we want to decide our bet," says the old gent. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
I occupied a seat beside an old gent from Iowa, on his way to Texas to buy a farm. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years a Gambler on the Mississippi] Reference
"By the gent as tried to take his horse over it?" enquired the salient-gaited waiter. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter] Reference
"Are you the gent who used to walk across the stream right through the water?" he asked. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of General Gordon] Reference
I ask a gent wearing a shirt printed with buds and leaves, "Have you ever worn an aspirin shirt?". From Wordnik.com. [Heather Donahue: The New Marijuana Middle Class] Reference
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