dirty old man
nounInformal.
a mature or elderly man with lewd or obscene preoccupations.
Origin of dirty old man
1First recorded in 1930–35
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How to use dirty old man in a sentence
But now Redstone is taking his dirty old man act a bit too far.
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.
Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer | George Sturt (AKA George Bourne)It is impossible to tell whether the dirty old man who slouches along the street is a millionaire or a beggar.
Town Life in Australia | R. E. N. (Richard) TwopenyBut Lemuel was a dirty old man and made that colored man a lot of trouble.
The Corner House Girls' Odd Find | Grace Brooks Hill"dirty old man" was a critical pronouncement that wouldn't please the Stendhalians.
Painted Veils | James Huneker
He leered at the fire, shaking with drink—a shameless, dirty old man.
The Hypocrite | Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
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