English politician and writer best known for Letters to His Son (1774), which portrays the ideal 18th-century gentleman. |
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A city of north-central England south of Sheffield. |
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n. 1. A single- or double-breasted overcoat, usually with concealed buttons and a velvet collar. 2. Chiefly Northern California & Canada A sofa. [After a 19th-century earl of Chesterfield.] |
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