Noun
A simple country gentleman.
Usage- UK usage
- Obsolete
- Slang
- Examples
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[…] the fantastic pilgrimages imposed on the "Cousin Slenders" of the world by their more facetious comrades […]
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[…] here also, behind the pillars, dark villains like Varney, and assassins like Iago, watched the simple country Slenders and the besotted Master Mathews, themselves grimly observed by honest water-carriers like Ben Jonson's Cob and Shakespeare's Adam.
A walk through the pleasant little town of Cirencester upon a market day will show Slenders and Simples by the dozen.