Talk:gentleman of the back door

RFV discussion: September–November 2017

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gentleman of the back door

Previously tagged, not created here. Does not exist in Francis Gose, the reference noted. - Amgine/ ^t·e 23:05, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

It is in Grose, but under B (for back door), not G. Equinox ◑ 12:46, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

One distinct hit on Usenet:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22gentleman$20of$20the$20back$20door%22/alt.snuh/xeD8LYIh7nk/jusVP39KHMoJ

"3.Perkoff is a Gentleman of the Back Door."

Maybe if we look for the spelling "backdoor" instead of "back door" we can find more hits? Khemehekis (talk) 19:16, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

I tried that, but so far, we only have two cites. Kiwima (talk) 21:09, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

I found a third, but it is rather mention-y. (Also, the phrase is used in a commentary on the 2013 book, but that seems like cheating) In addition, there is

which is on a similar vein. Kiwima (talk) 21:50, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 23:39, 2 November 2017 (UTC)