genteel poverty

collocation in English

meaningsofgenteelandpoverty

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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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(Definition ofgenteelandpovertyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are a genteel type of folk, and many of them are living at this moment in theirgenteelpovertybehind the old aspidistra plant.
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Unless it is, we shall find ourselves in a position ofgenteelpoverty.
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We are at least safe in ourgenteelpoverty.
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I know that there are some people who would regard a position ofgenteelpovertyas 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 asgenteelpoverty, but not in these latter years.
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The film tackles the social problem ofgenteelpoverty, focusing on a struggling family.
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Despite the prominence of her family in the church, they lived ingenteelpoverty, 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 andgenteelpoverty.
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Living ingenteelpovertywas 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 ingenteelpoverty, 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 fromgenteelpovertyto 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 ingenteelpoverty.
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