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Meanings of portly gentleman in английском

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Usage of portly gentleman in английском
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The portly gentleman addressing her father cast her an appreciative, but not impertinent, glance.
Secrets of a Perfect Night
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I hollered, as a rather portly gentleman jogged by, shirtless.
The Guardian
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A jolly-looking, rather portly gentleman entered, swinging his cane excitedly.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope
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A portly gentleman dog-ears a page of Keane: The Autobiography and rises to his feet.
The Irish Times
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They were like the portly gentleman riding an ass.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2
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If I meet a portly gentleman, I fancy I already see him roasting at the stake.
Egmont
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The portly gentleman, without taking any notice of them, continued: "I give nineteen dollars."
After Long Years and Other Stories
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A portly gentleman with his head crammed into a tiny helmet comes to stand opposite him.
The Guardian
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Presently a rather portly gentleman passed by her seat and paused an instant to light a cigar.
Beasts and Super-Beasts
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He appeared, a portly gentleman with frock coat and lawn tie who resembled the man in the moon.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 07
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Grave, and pale, and worn he looked, and leaned heavily on the arm of a portly gentleman in black.
Behind a Mask; or, a Woman's Power
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Seated at the table, a portly gentleman, of whom we see very little, is coolly sweeping off his winnings.
The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings / With D...
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The Doctor was a portly gentleman in a suit of black, with strings at his knees, and stockings below them.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction
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She had never seen such a rubicund portly gentleman, with two double chins and expansive bald spot on his crown.
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
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One bright morning in May, a portly gentleman, leaning heavily on a gold-headed cane, was walking up the narrow city street.
Cornelli
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Sometimes an elderly and portly gentleman with white hair and fierce eyebrows would come in when the sermon was almost over.
The Breaking Point
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