Kentishman
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Kentishman
Example Sentences
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Some Tory leaders did not go to Eton, but none went to a grammar school on a scholarship, as did the burly Kentishman with the rumbling laugh and the steely blue eyes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shy, shaggy Kentishman Heath immediately captured the Tory matrons' vote.
From Time Magazine Archive
Master Caxton was a gray-eyed, thin-cheeked, neatly-made Kentishman, who had lived long abroad, and was always ready to make an Englishman welcome.
From Grisly Grisell by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
"In the far east where Sebastian Cabot first touched," the Kentishman replied.
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John
The vessel herself had been built by a Kentishman, living at Flushing, the previous year.
From King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 by Chatterton, E. Keble (Edward Keble)
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