Lexicographical Neighbors of Genteeler
Literary usage of Genteeler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"... If he would catch that first of goes, By that genteeler name " white wine."
—Randall: Diary. White trash (American), used by negroes to a white man as a ..."
2. The London Theatre: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramatic Pieces by Thomas Dibdin (1815)
"I challenge the town to show a man in more genteeler practice than myself.
your name, sir. Honey. Without all question, Mr. . I forget Bail. ..."
3. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"Ever since you sent me the volum, I have read it to the gals in our hall, who
are quite delighted of it, and every day grows genteeler and ..."
4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen (1899)
"Ever since you sent me the volum, I have read it to the gals in our hall, who
are quite delighted of it, and every day grows genteeler and ..."
5. The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities by John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles (1865)
"The genteeler soil of People in Charles Town are pretty well bred, but the Ladies
in general (very few excepted) are not tolerably handsome, ..."
6. A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments, Performed on (1792)
"Why, papa, we are only a little genteeler than the reft of the people of ...
genteeler ! Do you call it genteel, then, ..."
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