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Lady-killing   Listen
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Lady-killing  n.  The art or practice of captivating the hearts of women. "Better for the sake of womankind that this dangerous dog should leave off lady-killing."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Lady-killing" Quotes from Famous Books



... respect, than that poor stage villain Monks; Sampson Brass and his legal sister Sally, a goodly pair; Kit, golden-hearted and plain of body, who so barely escapes from the plot laid by the afore-mentioned worthies to prove him a thief; Chuckster, most lady-killing of notaries' clerks; Mrs. Jarley, the good-natured waxwork woman, in whose soul there would be naught save kindliness, only she cannot bring herself to tolerate Punch and Judy; Short and Codlin, the Punch ...
— Life of Charles Dickens • Frank Marzials



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