| 单词 | gentleman of three outs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgentleman of three outs P10. gentleman of three outs and variants: a man without the qualities necessary to call himself a gentleman; spec. a man without honour, manners, and money. Also occasionally: a gentleman who has fallen on hard times. Now rare.Cf. to drink the three outs. ΚΠ 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Gentlemen of three outs, i.e. without money, without wit, and without manners. 1830 E. Bulwer-Lytton Paul Clifford I. iv. 64 A gentleman of three outs—‘out of pocket, out of elbows, and out of credit’. 1890 All Year Round 15 Dec. 165/2 In Ireland there are ‘gentlemen of the four outs’—which is to say, persons without wit, without money, without credit, and without manners. 1938 P. Slater Robert Harding iii. 31 Most of your present company are gentlemen of the Three Outs—out at the pocket, out of friends and out at the elbows. < as lemmas |
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