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Old Gentleman

name

Definitions

  1. The Devil.

    • Adieu, Madam, I am your most humble and most obedient Servant, or may the Old Gentleman in Black hurry me to his Dominions.
    • `Oh Lord, sir,' answered Job, who now perceived the object for the first time, `I think that the old geneleman ^([sic]) must have been sitting for his portrait on them rocks.'

  2. A playing card that is almost imperceptibly longer than the others in the deck, used by…

    A playing card that is almost imperceptibly longer than the others in the deck, used by cheats.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, gentleman.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA