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A man who lives by his wits and calls himself a gentleman.
“Denicheur de fauvettes, chevalier de lʹordre de lʹindustrie, qui va chercher quelque bon nid, quolque femme qui lui fasse sa fortune.”—Gongam, ou lʹHomme Prodigieux (1713).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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