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  • Can someone explain to me 'shabby gentile?'

    This has probably been asked a million times but I didn't see it.

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    Originally posted by Vincenzo View Post
    This has probably been asked a million times but I didn't see it.
    Think in terms it looks like he was once worth something but has fallen on hard times.
    G U T

    There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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    • #3
      Sorta like casebook and Pierre.
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      • #4
        What GUT said, although I'd adjust slightly - the clothes were worth something before they fell on hard times, i.e. wearing and disrepair after being pawned several times over, most likely.

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        • #5
          Think Mr Micawber, before he left for Australia.

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          • #6
            Sounds like GUT's long lost relative
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            • #7
              And of course, it should be genteel, not gentile.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                And of course, it should be genteel, not gentile.
                Jew would know...

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                  And of course, it should be genteel, not gentile.
                  Thanks for that. Lol

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                    And of course, it should be genteel, not gentile.
                    Ironically one of the courts off Fashion Street,possibly 6 Fashion Court,was home to a Barnett family in 1881. Jewish.

                    Than again,6 Fashion Street was supported by a member of the Frankenstein family.
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                    • #11
                      Barnett was quite a common Anglicised name among Jews in the East End.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by MrBarnett View Post
                          Barnett was quite a common Anglicised name among Jews in the East End.
                          Missed the point.

                          Cheers and thanks for the input. Really.
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                          • #14
                            Can identify with that.

                            Abelard shirts,John Karindonous boots,Conte de Roma suits,designer ties,etc.
                            Picked up a strep infection in November 1982. Meh.

                            Just plain shabby these days.....captain tracky daks
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                            • #15
                              There's a book written originally in 1840 called "a shabby genteel story"
                              If anyone feels inclined you can purchase a copy for as little as 1p

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