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'gintlemen' that must have purty faces, and empty pockets.
Lha Dhu; Or, The Dark Day The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
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He tells me that he has often been in such camps, but that he had never seen what he calls 'gintlemen' living in them before. "
Charred Wood Francis Clement Kelley 1909
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"And that's the kind of gintlemen that undertakes to hold up their heads over soldiers like
Waring's Peril Charles King 1888
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'I'se nuthin' more ter say, gintlemen, only this: Afore ye make up yer minds ter bring Mulock in guilty uv death, jest put yerselfs inter his place, an 'ax yerselfs ef _ye'd_ like ter hev a rope put' round yer windpipe, as ye'd put it 'round his'n!
The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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An 'thin, ma'am, there was a small bit of a howl in the carr, and it was through the howl the ladies an' gintlemen would cry out to the gintleman on the top o 'the carr, and he'd put his face down forninst it an' spake wid thim; an '
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Various
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It's to be a gintleman you are, and gintlemen don't fight jist because some Jim
The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Gulielma Zollinger
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"Are we all to be gintlemen?" asked Barney looking up when his plate was quite empty.
The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Gulielma Zollinger
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Ef ye does, it's stealin ', an' I knows thet none on the gintlemen uv the jury ar so allfired mean as ter steal -- 'ticularly ter steal whot woan't be uv no sort o' use ter 'em, nohow.
The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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"We have bribed her to spend to-morrow morning cleaning the club room, and she thinks we are 'blissed young gintlemen.'"
Glenloch Girls Grace M. Remick
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An 'there was a great many ladies an' gintlemen got in an 'done the same, ma'am, an' some got out one place an 'some another.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. Various
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