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chap

noun as in gentleman

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He added: "I have no idea what's happening to this poor chap's foals. I do feel his pain. I would suggest he's looking in the wrong direction for the culprit."

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She described her brother as a "gregarious chap" with a "very warm personality" and "infectious laugh".

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“Dominick Lopez!” the announcer cries, and out sprints a sheep carrying Dominick, his chaps flapping.

Gen. Harrison Gray Otis, the famously combative owner of the Los Angeles Times, published an editorial in 1882 warning: “Don’t feed the worthless chaps. It only encourages them in their idleness and viciousness.”

Despite it being near 90 degrees at the Monnaie De Paris, attendees showed up in fur stoles and leather chaps over jeans.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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