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Meanings of single man in English

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Usage of single man in English
1
A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year.
Pride and Prejudice
2
A single man, Mr Keating lived at the family home in Ballycullen.
The Irish Times
3
The life of a single man is as nought in the scale.
Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest
4
I can't believe he'd buy such a place as a single man.
What a westmoreland wants
5
A single man rattling around in a family-sized home -his parents'?
Broken Homes
6
There is not a single man in the country who thinks differently.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...
7
A single man in a dog-cart, so far as I could see.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
8
Not a single man in either House would dare to deny it.
Phineas Redux
9
He was a single man, and his actual keep cost but little.
The Open Air
10
I'm a straight single man who wants to get married one day.
Independent.ie
11
In this contemptuous censure, I mean not to include every single man.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Eleven Volumes, Volume 06 ...
12
In no case pass yourself off as a single man, practicing gallantries.
The Wedding Ring / A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives...
13
The other apartment of two rooms was occupied by a single man.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
14
Discontented bulls who had found their own causes in a single man.
The bourne identity
15
At day-break a single man came into the mosque to his devotion.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01
16
Tell him not to suffer a single man to cross the river.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 15: 1568, part II
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Single man across language varieties
United Kingdom
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Ireland
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United States of America
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