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Phrase origin : scholar and a gentlemen

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bobmum | 03:53 Mon 02nd Jul 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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Does anyone know the origin of the compliment 'you , sir are a cholar and a gent' ?
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sorry that should have been scholar and a gent.
04:23 Mon 02nd Jul 2007
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"His lock�d, letter'd, braw brass collar
Showed him the gentleman and scholar."
These lines are from The Twa Dogs by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796).
06:54 Mon 02nd Jul 2007

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