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1591 J. Lyly Endimion i. iii. sig. B4 Thys idle humor of loue..tickleth not my lyuer, from whence the Loue-mongers in former age seemed to inferre they should proceede.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 254 Thou art an old Loue-monger . View more context for this quotation

1772 J. Entick New Spelling Dict. (new ed.) Lovemonger, s. one who deals in affairs of love.

1865 A. C. Swinburne Chastelard i. ii. 35 These jangling song-smiths are keen love-mongers, They snap at all meats.

1962 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 13 Mar. 9/4 She is natural prey to the..cynically patient love-mongers that exist in the shadows of a corrupt society.

2001 Grand Rapids (Mich.) Press (Nexis) 27 Sept. a22 The love mongers, who preach endlessly about loving everything and love as a way of salvation are really not talking about love.