gentleman caller
Example Sentences
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You don’t seem to have met your lady friend’s gentleman caller, but this would be a good first step.
From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022
She is the faintly daffy Aunt Lavinia, who derives a weirdly vicarious excitement from her niece’s gentleman caller, and who – as we might say now – lives for the drama.
From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2019
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams' classic drama about a struggling writer, his domineering mother, his fragile sister and her gentleman caller.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2016
The widows take a special liking to him as he solicitously escorts them from their husbands’ graves like a gentleman caller, holding onto them in case they stumble.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2012
Lily was quiet during the entire ride, whereas my mother chatted nervously, giving advice about curfews and the procedure for receiving a gentleman caller and housemothers and vespers on Wednesdays.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
