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genteel poverty

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meanings of genteeland poverty


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genteel
adjective
uk /dʒenˈtiːl/ us /dʒenˈtiːl/
old-fashioned
typical of a high ...
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poverty
noun[U]
uk /ˈpɒv.ə.ti/ us /ˈpɑː.vɚ.t̬i/
the condition of being ...
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Examples of genteel poverty


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They are a genteel type of folk, and many of them are living at this moment in their genteelpoverty behind the old aspidistra plant.
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Unless it is, we shall find ourselves in a position of genteelpoverty.
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We are at least safe in our genteelpoverty.
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I know that there are some people who would regard a position of genteelpoverty as preferable to losing some of the trappings of sovereignty which have long since disappeared.
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I can remember, in his early days in politics, when he lived in circumstances that could be described as genteelpoverty, but not in these latter years.
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The film tackles the social problem of genteelpoverty, focusing on a struggling family.
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Despite the prominence of her family in the church, they lived in genteelpoverty, their property burdened by unpayable debt.
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A childhood of luxury and privilege gave way to an early womanhood of decreased possibilities and genteelpoverty.
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Living in genteelpoverty was more honest than amassing a nest egg and a house in the suburbs.
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His efforts met with mixed success and the last two decades of his life were spent in genteel poverty, aided by a small pension and donations from friends.
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The coursework included classes in proper behavior and letter writing, as well as skills that might enable those suffering from genteelpoverty to make a living.
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This is particularly interesting as the criticism of the bourgeois life comes, as it were, from the inside, with the former engineer cutting a respectable figure in genteelpoverty.
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