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31peeping Tom — UK [ˌpiːpɪŋ ˈtɒm] / US [ˌpɪpɪŋ ˈtɑm] noun [countable] Word forms peeping Tom : singular peeping Tom plural peeping Toms someone who enjoys secretly watching other people, especially when they are doing something private in their homes, such as… …
32peeping Tom — {n.} A man or boy who likes sly peeping. * /He was picked up by the police as a peeping Tom./ …
33peeping Tom — {n.} A man or boy who likes sly peeping. * /He was picked up by the police as a peeping Tom./ …
34Peeping Tom — noun Etymology: Peeping Tom, legendary citizen of Coventry who watched Lady Godiva riding naked Date: circa 1796 a pruriently prying person ; voyeur • Peeping Tomism noun …
35Peeping Tom — a person who obtains sexual gratification by observing others surreptitiously, esp. a man who looks through windows at night. [1910 15; allusion to the legendary man who peeped at Lady Godiva as she rode naked through Coventry] * * * ▪ sexual… …
36Peeping Tom — Peep·ing Tom .pē piŋ täm n a pruriently prying person: VOYEUR Peeping Tom·ism täm .iz əm n Peeping Tom British legendary character. According to popular legend, Tom was a prying tailor who was struck blind (or, in some versions, struck dead) as… …
37Peeping Tom — , LADY GODIVA There are many versions of the famous ride of Lady Godiva. But the one that is most often repeated portrays her as being exceedingly vexed by her husband, Lord Leofric, Lord of Coventry, for imposing exorbitant taxes on his… …
38peeping\ Tom — noun A man or boy who likes sly peeping. He was picked up by the police as a peeping Tom …
39Peeping Tomism — noun see Peeping Tom …
40peeping tom — noun A person who watches another without the others permission and usually without the others knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other. Reynolds contended that the Chinese was a Peeping Tom… …
