gentle craft

[ jen-tl kraft ]

noun

1. Usually the gentle craft. the sport of angling or fishing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gentle craft¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Here Hans Sachs, the cobbler-poet, laureate of the gentle craft, Wisest of the Twelve Wise Masters, in huge folios sang and laughed.

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Piracy The word "piracy," since that gentle craft has disappeared from the high seas, has come commonly into use to mean free-booting with reference to literary property.

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If there should be, at this day we live in, any one bold enough to confess that he fished the river Nore, in Ireland, some forty years ago, he might assist me by calling to mind a small inn, about two miles from the confluence of that river with the Barrow, a spot in great favor with those who followed the "gentle craft."

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The call for the publication of The Gentle Craft, which deals with the life of the city, showed him where his strength lay.

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In the case of three of the above plays, Orestes Fures, Truth’s Supplication and The Gentle Craft, Dekker is paid as the sole author.

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