dirty old man

noun

Definition of dirty old man

: a lecherous older man

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Even the hotel’s tart proprietor (Rema Webb) and resident dirty old man (Don Sparks) are required to hook up. Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: ‘Escape to Margaritaville,’ Where Work Is a Dirty Word," 15 Mar. 2018 Her Petruchio, here, tells her not to worry because the sisterhood on stage alongside her – including a show-stealing Hollis Resnik, doubling as club custodian and a dirty old man – has her back. Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Musical 'Fun Home' a knockout in a smaller house," 31 Oct. 2017 So, was Hugh Hefner a libertine or a dirty old man? CBS News, "Hugh Hefner's complicated legacy," 1 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use of dirty old man

1932, in the meaning defined above

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dirty old man

noun

English Language Learners Definition of dirty old man

disapproving : an old man who is too interested in sex