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单词 black gentleman
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black gentleman
black gentleman n. Obsolete (with the) the devil; cf. gentleman n. Phrases 2.
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1685 G. Sinclair Satans Invisible World Discovered 7 The black Gentleman being present, (which was the name she gave the Devil).
1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iv. i. 71 C. Bas. Well, the Devil fetch me... Myr. And may the Black Gentleman tuck me under his Arm at the same time.
1854 C. Lever Dodd Family Abroad I. xxii. 197 Those stories where people make compacts with the Devil, and always try to pose him by the terms of the bargain. In the present instance, I certainly got off easier than I should have done with the Black Gentleman.
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