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gentlefolk

[jen-tl-fohk] / ˈdʒɛn tlˌfoʊk /




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Franken even delivered a handwritten note because that’s what gentlefolk of the Senate do.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2021

It can feel almost cruel to watch Chekhov’s great late plays from the smug vantage point of the present: we can see, all too clearly, the future that awaits his bewildered Russian gentlefolk.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 29, 2019

The company of impeccably mannered gentlefolk who use the word “countenance” and love with fervor but no kissing is my preferred beta-blocker.

From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2015

Marketed as “Tweedpunk”, Sir, You Are Being Hunted will put players in what appears to be a procedurally generated Derbyshire – complete with gorse, high grass and rocky outcroppings, being hunted mercilessly by robotic gentlefolk.

From Forbes ● Nov. 27, 2012

When I arrived in the courtyard, a large and varied crowd of gentlefolk, servants, and shopkeepers was already waiting for the king.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein




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