lady-killer
Americannoun
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lady-killers
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noun
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Origin of lady-killer
First recorded in 1805–15
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His leadership bona fides were equally laughable, having presided over bankrupt casinos and failed real-estate projects, fabricated the persona of a lady-killer, and created a reality TV show about a tin-pot entrepreneur.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2018
"Gossip Girl's" Ed Westwick is a real lady-killer in "Wicked City," a new crime drama set in early 1980s L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2015
And then there is Louis Patterson Trotmeier IV, a lady-killer whose downfall arrives in the form of a pop star who bears a more than passing resemblance to Madonna.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2015
Ms. Simmons, a seasoned rock journalist whose warm-up to writing about Mr. Cohen was a book about that other grand lady-killer, Serge Gainsbourg, is careful to incorporate the many facets of Mr. Cohen’s complicated story.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2012
He was not vain, he was hardly a conscious or intentional "lady-killer."
From Second String by Anthony Hope
After all, Mr. Ocean, 24, is a rising star in the hypermasculine world of urban music, where singers cultivate images as lady-killers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2012
Harvey played handsome, heartless lady-killers in such hits as Butterfield 8 and Darling, and was the brainwashed political assassin of The Manchurian Candidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following is a brief encounter with these two ultra stylish lady-killers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two lady-killers at the window heard the words and nudged one another, with a stifled chuckle at their comrade's predicament.
From The Wild Geese by Stanley John Weyman
Put that into your pipe, you callow striplings, who aim to be lady-killers!
From A String of Amber Beads by Martha Everts Holden
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