noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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Broomhead had had enough, realising that the old gent was quite content to stay there all day nattering.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It had once been a place for nervous gents.
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No self-respecting lady or gent would use it now.
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Sheppard Brothers ran a gents hairdressing shop at No. 27.
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The unfortunate gents are then unceremoniously interred in the sisters' basement.
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Unfortunately, the gents had bad luck.