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were gentlemen
noun
A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.
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But they were gentlemen".
"We were gentlemen, not hucksters".
"They were gentlemen about it," Mr. Rodriguez said.
"They were gentlemen … the Ukrainians weren't," Lucas said.
Editors were gentlemen and publishers' offices were like second homes to authors.
"Hopefully if they were gentlemen, they would realize their obligation," he said.
Similar(34)
"There are gentlemen's clubs.
The men are gentlemen.
The guys are gentlemen.
"There are gentlemen here too".
Golf teaches players to be gentlemen.
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