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"Patronize"
Keywords:
coolly
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haughtily
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condescension
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customarily
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studio
To trade with customarily; to frequent as a customer.
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to act as patron of : provide aid or support for : to adopt an air of condescension toward : treat haughtily or coolly : to be a frequent or regular customer or client of
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do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
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be a regular customer or client of; "We patronize this store"; "Our sponsor kept our art studio going for as long as he could"
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Keywords:
condescendingly
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treat
treat condescendingly
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Keywords:
unfavorable
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sponsorship
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protector
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assume
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superior
To assume the air of a patron, or of a superior and protector, toward; -- used in an unfavorable sense; as, to patronize one's equals.
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assume sponsorship of
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Keywords:
countenance
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favor
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aid
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support
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act
To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.
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