long robe
nounEtymology
From long + robe, after Middle French robe longue.
- derived from robe longue
Definitions
The legal profession.
- [H]e contracted intimacies in some families of good fashion, especially those of the long robe, which would have enabled him to pass his time very agreeably, had he been a little easier in point of fortune […].
- I once saw two brothers of the long robe involuntarily stop and heartily enjoy the dialogue of that merry little fellow with Jack Ketch, who was about to hang Punch for the murder of his wife and his innocent babe.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA