Definition of Dirty old man

1. Noun. A middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations.

Generic synonyms: Middle-aged Man

Definition of Dirty old man

1. Noun. (idiomatic) An adult male - usually middle-aged or elderly - who acts in a lecherous or lewd manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dirty Old Man

dirty dog
dirty girl
dirty girls
dirty grease
dirty joke
dirty jokes
dirty laundry
dirty linen
dirty look
dirty looks
dirty money
dirty mouth
dirty old man
dirty old men
dirty pool
dirty rice
dirty story
dirty trick
dirty tricks
dirty war
dirty weather
dirty weekend
dirty words
dirty work
dirty wound

Literary usage of Dirty old man

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1874)
"Tfo-tw, king of the spiders, the dirty old man Lives busy and dirty as ever he can ; With dirt on his fingers and dirt on his face, F'>r the dirty old man ..."

2. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1872)
"There, king of the spiders, the dirty old man Lives busy and dirty as ever he can ; With dirt on his fingers and dirt on his face, For the dirty old man ..."

3. Songs, Ballads and Stories: Including Many Now First Collected, the Rest by William Allingham (1877)
"TNa dirty old house lived a dirty old man; •*• Soap, towels, or brushes were not in his plan. For forty long years, as the neighbours declared, ..."

4. The Irish Quarterly Review (1857)
"In a dirty old hou*o lived u dirty old man; Soap, towels, or brushes were not in his plan. ... Yet the dirty old man has both learning and breeding. ..."

5. The Magazine of Poetry by Charles Wells Moulton (1893)
"IN a dirty old house lived'a dirty old man; Soap, towels, or brushes were not in his plan. For forty long years, as the neighbors declared. ..."

6. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1897)
"In a dirty old house lived a dirty old man; Soap, towels, ... There, king of the spiders, the dirty old man Lives busy and dirty as ever he can ; With dirt ..."

7. The Popular Poets and Poetry of Ireland: And Choice Selections in Prose from by Richard Nagle (1887)
"Ix a dirty old house lived a dirty old man; Soap, towels, ... There, king of the spiders, the dirty old man Lives busy and dirty as ever he can : With dirt ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Dirty old man on Dictionary.com!Search for Dirty old man on Thesaurus.com!Search for Dirty old man on Google!Search for Dirty old man on Wikipedia!

Search