gentle craft
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gentle craft
First recorded in 1590–1600
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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 Robert Louis Stevenson
Chatelard," said the queen, after the ceremonies of a first salutation were over, "I perceive you have lost none of your cunning in the gentle craft.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
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 Charles Sturt
He seemed a quiet, kindly, easy-mannered, dignified, self-possessed old gentleman of fifty-five or sixty, and had a gentle craft in his eye that probably belonged there.
From Roughing It, Part 2. by Mark Twain
But he was never seen at church; on Sundays he went fishing, being devoted to the gentle craft; and it was wrong, more so in him because of his good name than in many another.
From Fan : the story of a young girl's life by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
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