cave man
- a cave dweller, especially of the Stone Age.
- a man who behaves in a rough, primitive manner, especially toward women.
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Origin of cave man
First recorded in 1860–65
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Contemporary Examples
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The talk turns to diet, as it often does in caveman circles.
There are five of us total, including an African-American caveman named Rahsaan.
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Historical Examples
He could not hit back, so he closed in, and then it was cavewoman and caveman.
In Happy ValleyJohn Fox
I became as the caveman, who by brute force would win his mate.
Fibble, D. D.Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
The caveman first had this feeling for his mate, then for his family.
Planet of the DamnedHarry Harrison
On the contrary, the hostile environment of the caveman has been destroyed.
Revolution and Other EssaysJack London
It may implicate that old harridan of a nurse or her caveman husband.
The Deep Lake MysteryCarolyn Wells
caveman
- a man of the Palaeolithic age; cave dweller
- informal, facetious a man who is primitive or brutal in behaviour, etc
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