lounge lizard

American  

[lounj liz-erd] / ˈlaʊndʒ ˌlɪz ərd /

noun

Older Slang.

1. a man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.

2. a sponger; scrounger; parasite.

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lounge lizard British  

noun

1. informal an idle frequenter of places where rich or prominent people gather

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Etymology

Origin of lounge lizard

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

After the Dolls’ breakup, Sylvain embarked on a moderately successful solo career while Thunders and Nolan formed the Heartbreakers and Johansen reinvented himself as the arch lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2021

In another performer’s hands, the joke might have been a mockery of every Holiday Inn lounge lizard.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2016

When he played the lounge lizard strolling through the audience to serenade the ladies, it was done with a broad wink.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2012

Helpless Victim makes us think of Tyler, the Creator if he was a fortysomething lounge lizard from Rhyl.

From The Guardian • Aug. 1, 2011

It grimaces like Peer Gynt and winks like a lounge lizard, a cake eater.

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben

Related Words

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