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Gentlemen's agreement   /dʒˈɛntəlmˌɛnz əgrˈimənt/   Listen
Gentlemen's agreement

noun
1.
A personal agreement based on honor and not legally binding.






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"Gentlemen's agreement" Quotes from Famous Books



... when he found out that Kelly and House were "colonizing" voters, and were selecting election officers with an eye to "dirty work." These preparations, he knew, could not be making for the same reason as in the years before the "gentlemen's agreement" between the Republican and the Democratic machines. Kelly, he knew, wanted House and the Alliance to win. Therefore, the colonizations in the slums and the appointing of notorious buckos to positions where they would control the ballot boxes could be directed only against the Workingmen's ...
— The Conflict • David Graham Phillips



Words linked to "Gentlemen's agreement" :   understanding, agreement



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