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noundʒɛntdʒɛnt informal 1A gentleman. Example sentencesExamples - A panicky gent in casual business attire streaks by him with hands clamped tight over his ears, his mouth an ugly smear of discomfort.
- People in the area were startled on another night when a group of ladies were seen chasing a gent with a Welsh accent down Main Street.
- Although he scoffs at the idea he might be a country gent, he is ‘100 per cent’ in favour of fox hunting.
- This evening, I sent an email confirming my work experience at the sound studio to the kind gent I'd arranged it with a month or so ago.
- I long ago discovered a series of terrific books by a gent named David Feldman.
- Jack, an Asian gent in his late 50s, seems to own and man at least four different retail outlets on my street.
- An elderly gent stood nearby, index finger extended as he counted them.
- He's got the clear blue eyes of a Hollywood movie star, the hulking build of an Oklahoma farm boy and the antiquated charm of the southern gent.
- He's a portly gent with an eye patch and black hair forced across his head in an unforgiving comb-over.
- Alan's foremost delusion was that he himself was a gent.
- Blanche believes her polite and witty new man is the perfect gent - until he tries to chat up Tracy.
- When the notion of Santa Claus arrived in Britain, the same ladies would dress up as the bearded gent to visit poor homes with a toy for each child.
- Near to me on the train is a portly gent in late middle-age.
- One of the main characters was an elderly gent dressed up as a drummer in Napoleon Bonaparte's army.
- One customer, an elderly gent took to popping in regularly.
- As it is now, you are being punished by your partner for making eyes at a gent at a party.
- He was also a perfect gent in the classic Victorian tradition.
- Following the meal there will be the cutting of the cake which is traditionally carried out by the eldest gent and eldest lady at the party.
- He's a kindly gent, in his 50's, who finds it easy meeting people.
- A few minutes later an elderly gent came through the door, an old beaten hat on his balding head, a flower fresh out of the garden pinned to his jacket.
Synonyms individual, person, personage, figure, party, being, human being, fellow, man, woman, mortal, soul, creature - 1.1gentsBritish (in shop titles) men's.
a gents hairdressing shop Example sentencesExamples - Hats off to two enterprising ladies who have opened up a ladies and gents hair salon at Cloneen.
- The traditional gents barber was the victim of a practical joke by his friends working at the sign shop, across the road, where he had ordered the board.
- Hatto, who has gents' hairdressing salons in several villages, started building up his chain of shops when he was 21.
- He's outside the gents hair salon that I always misread as saloon.
- 1.2British A men's public toilet.
Example sentencesExamples - A man out with his baby usually has to change the baby on his lap, because the only alternative is taking her into the repulsive gents.
- When he went off to the gents, she sneaked a look.
- At the top of the stairs are three doors: Gents, Ladies, and a dim, empty function room the pub hires out for private parties.
- I have been told that there are no urinals in the gents.
- After several expressions of concern from (mostly female) colleagues he examined his appearance in the gents at work.
- ‘So revolted was I by this crime against the culinary arts, I immediately dashed to the gents
- The worst ordeal was having to walk through dimly-lit corridors on my own to go to the gents.
- I pop to the Gents in the warehouse and tidy my ponytail, peering dejectedly at my sallow face in the soap-crusted, cracked glass.
- While Ted's forcing down a victory pint the rest of us dash to the gents, noticing as we do that the sun appears to be up and that it's about an hour till work time.
- A trip to the Ladies and the Gents also involves a walk up steps - which, as well as making the toilets difficult to service, also means there is no disabled access.
- Anyway, I made my excuses, disappeared to the gents, and relieved myself.
- Only when another guest asks the way to the gents do I tell my story.
- Now a roadie tells him the lads have moved the sign that denotes Gerry's dressing room and placed it over the sign to the gents.
- I remember wandering in Union Square in San Francisco and asking a police officer where the gents was.
- He sprang up again and asked if, before new offices are occupied, they should have combs and hair brushes installed for members no longer able to find them in the gents.
Origin Mid 16th century: originally a standard written abbreviation; a colloquial usage since the early 19th century. Rhymes absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went nounjentdʒɛnt informal 1A gentleman. Example sentencesExamples - When the notion of Santa Claus arrived in Britain, the same ladies would dress up as the bearded gent to visit poor homes with a toy for each child.
- As it is now, you are being punished by your partner for making eyes at a gent at a party.
- Alan's foremost delusion was that he himself was a gent.
- Jack, an Asian gent in his late 50s, seems to own and man at least four different retail outlets on my street.
- Although he scoffs at the idea he might be a country gent, he is ‘100 per cent’ in favour of fox hunting.
- Following the meal there will be the cutting of the cake which is traditionally carried out by the eldest gent and eldest lady at the party.
- One of the main characters was an elderly gent dressed up as a drummer in Napoleon Bonaparte's army.
- A panicky gent in casual business attire streaks by him with hands clamped tight over his ears, his mouth an ugly smear of discomfort.
- He was also a perfect gent in the classic Victorian tradition.
- Blanche believes her polite and witty new man is the perfect gent - until he tries to chat up Tracy.
- People in the area were startled on another night when a group of ladies were seen chasing a gent with a Welsh accent down Main Street.
- He's a kindly gent, in his 50's, who finds it easy meeting people.
- I long ago discovered a series of terrific books by a gent named David Feldman.
- A few minutes later an elderly gent came through the door, an old beaten hat on his balding head, a flower fresh out of the garden pinned to his jacket.
- One customer, an elderly gent took to popping in regularly.
- An elderly gent stood nearby, index finger extended as he counted them.
- He's got the clear blue eyes of a Hollywood movie star, the hulking build of an Oklahoma farm boy and the antiquated charm of the southern gent.
- Near to me on the train is a portly gent in late middle-age.
- He's a portly gent with an eye patch and black hair forced across his head in an unforgiving comb-over.
- This evening, I sent an email confirming my work experience at the sound studio to the kind gent I'd arranged it with a month or so ago.
Synonyms individual, person, personage, figure, party, being, human being, fellow, man, woman, mortal, soul, creature - 1.1the gentsBritish A men's public restroom.
Example sentencesExamples - While Ted's forcing down a victory pint the rest of us dash to the gents, noticing as we do that the sun appears to be up and that it's about an hour till work time.
- After several expressions of concern from (mostly female) colleagues he examined his appearance in the gents at work.
- Anyway, I made my excuses, disappeared to the gents, and relieved myself.
- When he went off to the gents, she sneaked a look.
- I remember wandering in Union Square in San Francisco and asking a police officer where the gents was.
- I have been told that there are no urinals in the gents.
- He sprang up again and asked if, before new offices are occupied, they should have combs and hair brushes installed for members no longer able to find them in the gents.
- A trip to the Ladies and the Gents also involves a walk up steps - which, as well as making the toilets difficult to service, also means there is no disabled access.
- At the top of the stairs are three doors: Gents, Ladies, and a dim, empty function room the pub hires out for private parties.
- The worst ordeal was having to walk through dimly-lit corridors on my own to go to the gents.
- Now a roadie tells him the lads have moved the sign that denotes Gerry's dressing room and placed it over the sign to the gents.
- A man out with his baby usually has to change the baby on his lap, because the only alternative is taking her into the repulsive gents.
- I pop to the Gents in the warehouse and tidy my ponytail, peering dejectedly at my sallow face in the soap-crusted, cracked glass.
- Only when another guest asks the way to the gents do I tell my story.
- ‘So revolted was I by this crime against the culinary arts, I immediately dashed to the gents
Origin Mid 16th century: originally a standard written abbreviation; a colloquial usage since the early 19th century. |