gentleman's gentleman

Example Sentences

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Cramm emerged as a top player in both singles and doubles in the 1930s and quickly established a reputation as a gentleman’s gentleman on the court and off.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2011

But it was the bowler's general bearing and neatness which charmed the young writer almost as much as the name he'd been seeking for his newly conceived character of a gentleman's gentleman.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2011

The daring British spy with "a licence to kill" is now as much a historical figure as the gentleman's gentleman or the amateur detective.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2010

In The Servant, Bogarde plays a gentleman's gentleman who utterly corrupts his employer, using flattery, pimpery, booze, and impudence to turn things around and become, quite actually, his master's master.

From Time Magazine Archive

The attitudes of both the gentleman and the "gentleman's gentleman" are studied to a point, but nothing could be more knowing or exquisite than either.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker