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Definition of Gentlefolks
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentlefolks
Literary usage of Gentlefolks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1804)
"I don't know, gentlefolks — but you «re all in extreme good-humour, methinks ;
I hope there's none of it affected. Lady Easy. I should he loth to answer for ..."
2. Every Day in the Year: A Poetical Epitome of the World's History by James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford (1902)
"He afterward escaped and crossed the channel in a skiff. gentlefolks, in my time,
I've made many a rhyme, But the song I now trouble you with ..."
3. The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding (1902)
"If this was gentility, much good may it do such gentlefolks, for her part she
had no notion of it! " From these murmurs I received two hints. ..."
4. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1856)
"How far is the one fur gentlefolks, the other for the masses ? S. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
AND THE DUKE OF WELLING- TON'S TOMB. SYMPTOMS of amelioration are ..."
5. My Adventures by Archibald Montgomery Maxwell (1845)
"... and Black Jack—La Bella Chiarina—Singular anecdote,—A dinner party and its
results—Dancing-school for gentlefolks—A bon enfant—The Marquis Spinola. ..."
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