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Meanings of paying court in English
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Usage of paying court in English
1
There is much talk that he will soon be paying court to her.
2
Clocklan across the room, paying court to a smooth skinned blonde.
3
Yet was it not Uhlwurm, but Kubbeling, to whom Ann was paying court.
4
Remember, I will have no paying court to that fellow, he cried out.
5
Was she paying court to him merely to annoy her husband?
6
To abduct one woman while paying court to another, the traitor!
7
And with patience beyond belief Monty restrained us from paying court to Tippoo Tib.
8
No: I am not paying court to her, answered Audley, with a cold smile.
9
She blushed: Eugene Carlson might have thought that you were paying court to him!
10
The dupe of unexpected splendor, you have been paying court to the means of approach.
11
Had Jasper-thequiet, studious unassuming Jasper-been paying court to the fair heiress of Harwood Grange?
12
This major's paying court to the widow, is he?
13
You had, I dare say, some idea of paying court in that quarter on your own account.
14
Their lord, Sargon, is paying court to the priestess, the sacred Kama, and they are guarding him.
15
They almost all shrieked, especially Claude, to whom Fagerolles told the story by way of paying court.
16
Those who had been his firmest supporters were paying court to the new custodian of the plum tree.
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Paying court through the time
Paying court across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common