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In the four-oared race of gentlemen amateurs held last year at Agecroft in Lancashire the prize of silver plate was won by a crew taken from a club composed entirely of colliers, who had been allowed to row under protest, they not being acknowledged as "_gentlemen_ amateurs."

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various

I have seldom slept two in a bed, Dr. Growling, for my gentlemanly habits forbid it; but when circumstances have obliged me, it has been with gentlemen -- _gentlemen_, doctor, "and he laid a stress on the word --" gentlemen, sir, who cut their toe-nails.

Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Samuel Lover 1832

That, ladies in gentlemen, is the saddest comic I have ever read.

Six by 6 | Six comics that made us cry | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

Well, it gives a whole new meaning to the term gentlemen farmer.

CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2008 2008

She heard the tone of deference and decided that Bradford must be the most significant of the title gentlemen here.

Rebellious Desire Julie Garwood 1986

Official papers were sent round to the mothers in poor streets; papers in which a total stranger asked these respectable women questions which a man would be killed for asking, in the class of what we called gentlemen or in the countries of what were called free men.

G.K. Speaks - The Transformation of Socialism 2007

” And then he showed us that even those who are not what they call gentlemen, if they have more than they actually want, are bound to share it with those who are suffering.

Chapter XXIV 1909

What's even more embarrassing is the authors sensitivity dance around the word gentlemen.

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And this, gentlemen, is why Benjamin Sisko is the best of the Trek captains.

Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Standing Athwart History 2009

This, ladies and gentlemen, is what “Obama needs to realize this is a war” is all about.

Matthew Yglesias » The Security Line Threat 2009