| 单词 | jack-gentleman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack-gentleman ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > parvenu or imitator of upper classes Jack-gentleman1550 truck-knight1625 court-card1699 parvenu1787 cocktail1839 gent1843 shoneena1849 snob1848 shoddyite1865 got-up1881 shoddy1904 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] > unmannerliness > ill-breeding > person Jack-gentleman1550 1550 J. Bankes tr. J. Rivius Treat. Folishnesse of Men sig. E.i Men ought not to..take a master for euery iacke gentilmans request. 1667 Omnia Comesta a Belo 13 What, Sir, do you think that it is fit for every Jack-Gentleman to speak thus to a Bishop? 1710 Answer Sacheverell's Serm. 9 They despised the Gentry at such a rate, that it was a common thing to call them Jack Gentleman. 1757 Sedan II. xxvi. 152 The footman, as the jack gentleman has the assurance to call us. 1845 Examiner 22 Feb. 115/3 The author of Hawkstone has the same hatred of the Jack-Gentlemen. < as lemmas |
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