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Definition of Gallanting
1. gallant [v] - See also: gallant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallanting
Literary usage of Gallanting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"L.- 'PS I teach young gentlemen the whole art of gallanting a fan. N'103.
THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1711. Stbi quivi» Speret idem, ..."
2. The British Drama: Comprehending the Best Plays in the English Language by Sir Walter Scott, Walter Scott (1804)
"Such flaunting, gallanting, And jaunting, A skimming dish hat provide, With little
more brim than lace, Nine hairs on a side, To a pig's tail tied, ..."
3. Glossary of Supposed Americanisms by Alfred Langdon Elwyn (1859)
"gallanting. Wandering about in gayety and enjoyment; applied chiefly to the
associations of the sexes. "He's gone a gallanting," is common in New England. ..."
4. The Life and Times of Joseph Gould: Struggles of the Early Canadian Settlers by W. H. Higgins (1887)
"He had his love affairs of " callow youth," like other young men, and he does
not conceal from us the fact that he had been " gallanting, first with one ..."
5. The Comedies of Aristophanes by Aristophanes (1837)
"Well, now I come to where our frail And feeble nature's wanting— 1075 You err,
you love, and you prevail, And then you're caught gallanting— You're done for ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"1 teach young gentlemen the whole art of gallanting a fan. ... I rather hop'dI
should no more Hear from you o' th' gallanting score. ..."
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