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gents'

[ jents ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)
  1. the gents, Informal. a men's room.


gents

/ dʒɛnts /

noun

  1. informal.
    functioning as singular a men's public lavatory


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gents'1

First recorded in 1920–25; gent 1, -s 3

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Example Sentences

The denim miniskirt was walking out with one of the gents, a drunk in a suit.

Almost all the great gents were thus divided, some of them into numerous branches.

Those fashnabble gents have ways of getten money, witch comman pipple doan't understand.

Gents that are out all night bring a headache home in the morning in place of an appetite.

Hit 's tu'n en tu'n about wid me en deze gents w'en dey's any fun gwine on,' sezee.

I reckon that you and I as gents and master mariners are going to keep mum about her being aboard the Alden?

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