gents'

[ jents ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the gents, Informal. a men's room.

gents

/ dʒɛnts /

noun

1. informal.
   functioning as singular a men's public lavatory

Word History and Origins

Origin of gents'¹

First recorded in 1920–25; gent ¹, -s ³

Example Sentences

“One of the gents has said on many occasions if he wasn’t in the group he wouldn’t be here now – the group has saved his life.”

From BBC

Ladies and gents, this is the moment you’ve waited for — “The Greatest Showman” is coming to the stage.

From Los Angeles Times

A show that started with pictures might make you come to wonder — following the pioneering feminist art historian Linda Nochlin — why Picasso’s paintings of women are generally lacking in desire, quite unlike the pervy paintings of Balthus, Picabia and other cancelable midcentury gents.

From New York Times

Paul Cadmus, whose retrograde male nudes are enjoying an unmerited revival in attention, appears here with yet more anemic drawings of standing and reclining musclemen, none more consequential than the gents on a Calvin Klein underwear box.

From New York Times

“Welcome to the cause gents! And thank you for putting your money to amazing creative use! Here’s hoping the major labels will also see this as further proof, and finally start investing in themselves,” the White Stripes frontman wrote in an Instagram post.

From Washington Times