acquaintance

• He had already met Gambetta once in the end of 1871, and to renew this acquaintance was a special purpose in going to Paris. —  The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1
• Most dukes of my acquaintance are allowed only one duchess apiece. —  Mary Balogh - Heartless
• He had told her he had an acquaintance, that the acquaintance was a wealthy furrier, an Orthodox Jew in need of a discreet private detective. —  Laura Lipmann - By a Spider's Tread
• Henry Mayhew had a story of which a facetious police officer of his acquaintance was the hero. —  The History of "Punch"
• CHREM. Though our acquaintance is as yet but young, Since you have bought this farm that neighbors mine, And little other commerce is betwixt us; Yet or your virtue, or good neighborhood, (Which is in my opinion kin to friendship,) Urge me to tell you, fairly, openly, That you appear to me to labor more Than your age warrants, or affairs require. —  The Comedies of Terence

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