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1 the gentleman that pays the rent
уст."джентльмен, который оправдывает своё содержание" ( шутливое прозвище свиньи)Doran: "...the gintleman [= gentleman] that pays the rint [= rent]... They call a pig that in England. That's their notion of a joke." (B. Shaw, ‘John Bull's Other Island’, act IV) — Доран: "...джентльмен, который оправдывает свое содержание... Так в Англии называют свинью. Вот вам образец английского юмора."
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