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Old Gentleman¹

proper noun the Old Gentleman

  1. euphemistic 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.

old gentleman²

noun old gentlemen

  1. UK, obsolete, slang A playing card that is almost imperceptibly longer than the others in the deck, used by cheats.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old, gentleman.

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@misc{old_gentleman_2026,
  title = {old gentleman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/old%20gentleman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}