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Definition of Dirty old man
1. Noun. A middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations.
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
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 ..."
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