gentle craft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gentle craft
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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The 24th again saw us at the Fish Pond, where Mr. Browne again exhibited his skill in the gentle craft, and caught a good dish of the finny tribe.
From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles
A holiday most religiously observed by journeymen shoemakers, and other inferior mechanics. a profanation of that day, by working, is punishable by a line, particularly among the gentle craft.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis
All that afternoon I persevered in fishing, brought home my basket in triumph, and sometime that night, 'in the wee sma' hours ayont the twal,' I finally forswore the gentle craft of fishing.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Earthworms are a good bait for trout, but the highflyers of the gentle craft consider it infra dig to dig them.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various
The clumsy match-maker is a scarcely less dangerous, though a far more respectable, enemy to the gentle craft than the coarse one.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Calhoun, Lucia Gilbert
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