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
Sam Gold’s tradition-shattering staging of this Tennessee Williams play, starring Sally Field and Joe Mantello, will entertain its final gentleman caller.
From New York Times • May 18, 2017
Suspicions that there are only 10 important people in the world hardened this week with reports that the third Mrs Rupert Murdoch has a new gentleman caller.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2016
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams’ classic drama about a struggling writer, his domineering mother, fragile sister and a gentleman caller.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2015
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
