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patronise

verb patronises · patronising · patronised

UK, nonstandard Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of patronize "A chearful glaſs, then," ſaid Sir Sedley, "you think horridly intolerable?" […] "Well, the glaſs is not what I patroniſe," ſaid Sir Theophilus; "it hips me ſo conſumedly the next day; no, I can't patroniſe the glaſs." / "Not patroniſe wine?" cried Lord Newford; "O hang it! O curſe it! that's too ba

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@misc{patronise_2026,
  title = {patronise},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/patronise},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}