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gentlemen1
noun
alternative Gentlemen
- alternativeAlternative form of gentlemen's: a men's room, a lavatory intended for use by men.
1929, Henry Vincent Yorke as "Henry Green", Living, Ch. xviii, p. 213: "You go and leave them in the Gentlemen." "Leave 'em in the lavatory?"
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There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.
1941, Joyce Cary, chapter XLIV, in Herself Surprised, page 108Synonyms: outhouse
Gentlemen2
nounGentlemen (plural Gentlemen)
- alternativeAlternative form of gentlemen: a men's room, a lavatory for use by men.
"You go and leave them in the Gentlemen." "Leave 'em in the lavatory?"
1929, Henry Vincent Yorke as "Henry Green", Living, Ch. xviii, p. 213
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