dirty old man

noun

, Informal.

1. a mature or elderly man with lewd or obscene preoccupations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dirty old man¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

But now Redstone is taking his dirty old man act a bit too far.

From The Daily Beast

And she had washed his clothes, and scrubbed out his house; and he was such a dirty old man that it almost made her sick.

From Project Gutenberg

It is impossible to tell whether the dirty old man who slouches along the street is a millionaire or a beggar.

From Project Gutenberg

But Lemuel was a dirty old man and made that colored man a lot of trouble.

From Project Gutenberg

"Dirty old man" was a critical pronouncement that wouldn't please the Stendhalians.

From Project Gutenberg

He leered at the fire, shaking with drink—a shameless, dirty old man.

From Project Gutenberg