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Examples
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She grew up on what she describes as a "gentleman's farm" outside of Philadelphia.
Tory Burch Steps Out and Up Christina Binkley 2011
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The year wasn't without blemishes for Morgan -- most notably, after a heated game with the Cardinals, he threw his chewing tobacco at pitcher Chris Carpenter and called Albert Pujols "Alberta" in a postgame tweet -- but the city of Milwaukee has otherwise embraced his excitable presence, manifested most clearly in what he calls his gentleman's alter ego, Tony Plush.
CNN.com 2011
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The year wasn't without blemishes for Morgan -- most notably, after a heated game with the Cardinals, he threw his chewing tobacco at pitcher Chris Carpenter and called Albert Pujols "Alberta" in a postgame tweet -- but the city of Milwaukee has otherwise embraced his excitable presence, manifested most clearly in what he calls his gentleman's alter ego, Tony Plush.
SI.com 2011
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Tony Blankley's home in Great Falls, Virginia, outside Washington, was routinely described as a "gentleman's farm", which was appropriate because Tony was the consummate gentleman, befitting his birth in London.
Bob Franken: Tony Blankley Bob Franken 2012
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Rib-eye steak, at £23 for 300g, is frankly described as The gentleman's choice.
Evening Standard - Home David Sexton 2011
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Davis confronted the historically vexing relationship between African-Americans and the N.F.L. From the 1920s until the late 1940s, blacks were excluded by a so-called so-called gentleman's agreement.
NYT > Home Page By WILLIAM C. RHODEN 2011
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But you are Yankee, and he was British bred, and a gentleman's son.
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The simplest farmer would have had documents, while he had nothing but a gentleman's agreement, and a verbal one at that.
Chapter III 2010
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Thirty or so blocks uptown, at the Edison Hotel, Ashton Kutcher and Jason Sudeikis were hosting GQ magazine's fifth annual gentleman's ball.
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Before Friday, Germany had expressed little confidence that such a gentleman's agreement would work, because investors are so averse to prolonging their exposure to Greek debt.
Greek Crisis Eases for Now Marcus Walker 2011
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