单词 | man of the town |
释义 | > as lemmasman of the town ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person > male franion1571 Corinthian1575 colt1584 libertine1584 tit1601 night-sneaker1611 highboy1667 man of the town1671 town bull1709 gay deceiver1710 Lothario1756 playboy1829 gay dog1847 girlie-man1897 lizard1935 player1968 mack daddy1991 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iv. 60 As I am a Gentleman, a man of the Town, one who wears good Cloathes, Eates, Drinks, and Wenches abundantly. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Man o' th' Town, a Lew'd Spark, or very Debaushe. a1704 T. Brown Dialogues of Dead in 4th Vol. Wks. (1720) 142 I have been a Man of the Town..and admitted into the Family of the Rakehellonians. 1765 G. A. Stevens Celebrated Lect. on Heads (new ed.) 14 This is a man of the town, or a blood; and this is a woman of the town or a —— but by what other title the lady chuses to be called, we are not entitled to mention. 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Man of the town, a rake, a debauchee. 1828 L. Hunt Ld. Byron & Some Contemp. 91 If he could have got rid of this [affectation] and his title, he would have talked like a man; not like a mere man of the town, or a great spoilt schoolboy. < as lemmas |
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