What is "gennelman"

Usage examples of "gennelman".

Ah, doan't 'ee nip our tender vitals, lovely Measter Brock, for ee wor a proper gennelman, ee wor, and brought us up full comely on cow's milk an' that, all supped out from a lordly dish.

Ee wor a proper gennelman what fed un in ter parlor, like what no urchins ha'nt been afore nor since.

Ee hadden no proper neame like, not like you may remember, but ee wor a gennelman, that ee wor, an fed un out a porcelain.

Now my poor gennelman, Measter Mearn, they was allars a-rushing arter his ankels, with their yik-yik-yik, when they wanted to be fed like, those what ee kept from liddles — and, holy church, how ee would scream!

And the very first thing they teach a gennelman to do after he's been lamed not to eat the paste and piss in the comers is read.

The advantage of being a coloured gennelman is no one sees me in the dark.