squiredom
AmericanEtymology
Origin of squiredom
Example Sentences
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It could not be hid, and it looked down superciliously upon the little squiredom of Craig Ronald, as well as upon farms and cottages a many.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
It appealed also to that sense of common human life, which is the fine flower of squiredom.
From The Honour of the Clintons by Archibald Marshall
But equally plainly there are squires, and squiredom has its point, of which I may as well make the most.
From Years of Plenty by Ivor Brown
McNiven remembered Jim Dyckman's ancient squiredom to Charity and his recent telephony and he said to himself, "Aha!"
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
Mr. Fortescue, a tall, powerfully-built specimen of English squiredom, shrugged his shoulders unseen by his wife.
From Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
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