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Show It J "Gent" Not Always Vulgar. H t At one time the word "gent" wan n H ' , reputable term for general use. A ru- H ' j ; spcctnblo writer In 16R-I tellH of "a H 1 supper to divers gentlemun of Itio H I j I flrny's Inne, for the great 11111 1 tie he- H ' ! I tween them nnd the Middle Temple H J , gents." The diarist Kvelyn speaks of H . 1 the "nolsu 11 ml tumult occasioned by H three or four wild gents In drink." H ' Soon nfler Queen Victoria's accession H j . 'gents" became vulgnr Thtickeray H j. upeakH of It In 1842 lis mi "nffrrtlonate H , " diminutive lit present much In uso |