gents'
noun
the gents, a men's room.
gents'
American
[jents]
/ dʒɛnts /
noun
(used with a singular verb)
gents
British
/ dʒɛnts /
noun
Etymology
Origin of gents'
Example Sentences
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Bill Bryson wrote about it in his 1995 book Notes From A Small Island saying: "There is no place in the world finer for a pee than the ornate gents' room of the Philharmonic."
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2020
I first interviewed Andrew Bacevich, the soldier turned scholar, after he spoke at the Hope Club, an old-line gents’ establishment in Providence, Rhode Island.
From Salon ● May 15, 2016
Further sources of polonium were found on and below the gents’ hand-dryer, at over 5,000 counts per second.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 19, 2016
He cut the number of patterns from several thousand to only four, intended solely for the gents' jacket market.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2013
"There's some paper back there in the gents' room. You ought to wipe out your ears."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
FBI Director Kash Patel on Wednesday highlighted a separate partnership with the UFC to teach federal gents "amazing tactics so they can safeguard American lives."
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“One of the gents has said on many occasions if he wasn’t in the group he wouldn’t be here now – the group has saved his life.”
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
It’s definitely all about the gents for the foreseeable future.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2022
Early on, some saw films as disreputable, even dangerous — and what were ladies and gents doing in the dark? — but also as a conduit to moral uplift, social reform, education.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
Young gents court her, buy her presents, dresses, jewelry.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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