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Meaning of gentry cove | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A gentleman.

UK, obsolete

Examples

“As priest of the game, / And prelate of the same. / There's a gentry cove here.”
“'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.'”
He's a go among the goes, is Mr. Kestrel. He's only got to sport a new kind of topper, or tie his crumpler a new way, and every gentry-cove in town does just the same.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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