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- noun Plural form of
gallantry .
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Examples
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However, she may also have had a fling with Van Dyck (or engaged in "gallantries" with him, as the contemporary term had it) before they fell out over the price of her portrait.
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"gallantries," but they only lead the reader to feel disgust rather than admiration.
Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business David W. Bartlett 1870
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In my culture, tossing gallantries at girls is at an all time low!
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In my culture, tossing gallantries at girls is at an all time low!
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I generally like the Mexican men's habit of 'piropos' (tossing gallantries at the ladies) and experience few problems with the famous 'macho' behavior.
Walking the walk, talking the talk - cita with the shady 'lady' on Acapulco 2007
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I generally like the Mexican men's habit of 'piropos' (tossing gallantries at the ladies) and experience few problems with the famous 'macho' behavior.
Walking the walk, talking the talk - cita with the shady 'lady' on Acapulco 2007
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As Time put it, neither the president, the State Department, nor the Pentagon knew anything about the trip until they looked in their newspapers and read of diplomatic gallantries between MacArthur and Mme.
The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009
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I generally like the Mexican men's habit of 'piropos' (tossing gallantries at the ladies) and experience few problems with the famous 'macho' behavior.
Walking the walk, talking the talk - cita with the shady 'lady' on Acapulco 2007
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She encouraged the Duke in his gallantries towards the fair stranger, and seemed to regard them as complimentary to herself.
Quentin Durward 2008
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Greeks and two Gauls to expiate the gallantries of three vestals.
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