Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The acts or arts of a lady-killer; assiduous gallantry.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women.
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Examples
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A pop icon on par with Bob Dylan in his heyday, Serge Gainsbourg made "going rogue" into a guiding raison d'etre during his 63 years, most of them spent as a chain-smoking, lady-killing, singing, dancing, acting poet and provocateur whose homely appearance made him a sex symbol through sheer attitude and bad-boy charm.
Start September With Superior Cinema Steve Dollar 2011
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Schildkraut would go on to a long and honorable career, although as a lady-killing character actor rather than a leading man.
Empire of Dreams Scott Eyman 2010
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I mean, he probably could have managed the catheter, electricity, and lady-killing as an ape - we're talking about France here - but there's no way he could have managed all of it.
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I mean, he probably could have managed the catheter, electricity, and lady-killing as an ape - we're talking about France here - but there's no way he could have managed all of it.
Christian Nation 2010
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Always eager to distinguish himself, he turns this by-then standard pilgrimage into an original, and appropriately culinary one: presumably mustering the same lady-killing charm as his sosie Mirobolant, he convinces La Signora Grossetti, the Buonaparte family's 83-year old housekeeper, to show him the kitchen, "a request having never before been made by the numerous travellers who daily visit" (40).
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Certainly his lady-killing propensities would be handicapped seriously.
"The Barrier" by Harl Vincent, part 6 Johnny Pez 2009
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Are you actually sporting the lady-killing "argyle sweater vest/hooded zipper sweatshirt" combo???
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Grand gentlemen with little wings like the ancient cupids, lady-killing Petchorins!
The Possessed 2003
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Re-tailored for Brosnan's suave GQ cover-boy beauty, the title character is no longer a bank robber, but a risk-taking, lady-killing tycoon who masterminds the elaborate theft of a $100-million Monet from a major museum in broad daylight with virtually the entire staff of security guards in attendance.
Sleeping With the Enemy ��� Not Safe to Go to the Theater 1999
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It was useless to expect anything from this lady-killing, dancing clown, from this fellow of senseless bravado, who was constantly exposing his life in duels in order to satisfy a silly sense of honor.
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