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- noun A
man , aguy .
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Examples
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No longer was the hightoby-gloak a ` gentleman 'of the road; he was a butcher, if not a beggar, on horseback; a braggart without the courage to pull a trigger; a swashbuckler, oblivious of that ancient style which converted the misery of surrender into a privilege.
A Book of Scoundrels 1896
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No longer was the hightoby-gloak a 'gentleman' of the road; he was a butcher, if not a beggar, on horseback; a braggart without the courage to pull a trigger; a swashbuckler, oblivious of that ancient style which converted the misery of surrender into a privilege.
A Book of Scoundrels Charles Whibley 1894
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Once, in censuring a popular writer for pleasing the public and thereby growing rich, the "eminent hand" ended with "He who surreptitiously accumulates bustle [money] is, in fact, nothing better than a buzz gloak!"
Paul Clifford — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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