gentle craft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gentle craft
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Piracy The word "piracy," since that gentle craft has disappeared from the high seas, has come commonly into use to mean free-booting with reference to literary property.
From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers
I will begin with yellow, the most useful colour in general for the gentle craft.
From Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies by Blacker, William
Such is the mode, such the fashion in the gentle craft of authorship.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 by Various
The first glance which we obtained of this said stream sufficed to assure us that in the gentle craft, the good people of Gabel were altogether unpractised.
From Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)
No," said I; "I know nothing of the gentle craft" "Fond of shooting, perhaps?
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James
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