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gentry cove

gentry cove noun: a gentleman.

Noun

gentry cove (plural gentry coves)

  1. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A gentleman.
    • As priest of the game, / And prelate of the same. / There's a gentry cove here.1621, Ben Jonson, The Gypsies Metamorphosed
    • 'The gentry cove will be romboyled by his dam,' said a third gipsy. 'Queer Cuffin will be the word yet, if we don't tout.'1837, Benjamin Disraeli, chapter XIV, in Venetia

Forms of gentry cove

pluralgentry coves
alternative formgentry cofe

Words formed from gentry cove

Questions about gentry cove

What does gentry cove mean?
Gentry cove means a gentleman.
What part of speech is gentry cove?
Gentry cove is a noun.
What is the plural of gentry cove?
The plural of gentry cove is gentry coves.

Words near gentry cove in the dictionary

  1. gentry
  2. gentry bush
  3. gentry bushes
  4. gentry cofe
  5. Gentry County
  6. gentry cove
  7. gentry cove's ken
  8. gentry cove's kens
  9. gentry coves
  10. gentry mort
  11. gentry morts

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