lecher

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  1. noun A man given to lechery.

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  • "I'll make you a bargain price on a dozen prints A lecher is no bargain," Monk said. —  159 - Death Is A Round Black Spot
  • "Adam would never have let you come with me if he believed you were a lecher Wasn't lecher the word last week Tuesday," she said. —  Garwood, Julie - Rose 1 - For the Roses
  • A kind, handsome man stoops to kiss your hand, but you see the lecher, the dominator, the possessor. —  David Gemmell - (Lion of Macedon 01) Lion Of Macedon v1.0 (1990).htm
  • He'd felt like a lecher because he'd even noticed her, much less that he couldn't get the image out of his mind. —  Lori Foster - Duets.html
  • Lest you think that the shorter, edited version of this video unfairly portrays John McCain as a lecher, then take a moment a review the orginal uncut video from Fox News. —  Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll
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  1. Middle English, from Old French lecheor, from lechier, to lick, to live in debauchery, of Germanic origin; see leigh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also leacher, letcher; from Middle English letchour, lechour, lechur, from Old French lecheor, lecheur, leceor, lekeor, leckeur, etc., a glutton, sensualist, libertine, from lecher, lick, live in gluttony or sensuality: see lech.
  2. from lecher, n.
 

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