dirty old man

American  

noun

Informal.

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

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Etymology

Origin of dirty old man

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Bennell was cynical, controlling and predatory but he was nothing like the stereotype of the dirty old man.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2018

You are under no obligation to hug this dirty old man.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2016

Their keeper — and, perhaps, father — the evil magician Klingsor, is a dirty old man in thick glasses and sweater vest, compulsively smoothing down his few remaining strands of hair.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2015

“The dirty old man stereotype no longer applies,” said Homeland Security Special Agent Claude Arnold at a Thursday news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2014

I asked myself as I watched them lie shamelessly to the dirty old man.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall