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tantalizer|ˈtæntəlaɪzə(r)| [f. prec. + -er1.] One who or that which tantalizes.
1792G. Wakefield Mem. (1804) I. i. 16 Alas! this episcopal tantalizer was only gratifying his facetious propensity at the expence of an unsuspecting child of simplicity and innocence. 1844Wardlaw Lect. Prov. (1869) I. 50 The blessed God is no tantalizer. 1889Pall Mall G. 11 July 6/1, I have received a puzzle of the ‘Pigs in Clover’ kind... ‘Penning the Lambs’ is the name by which the latest variation of the original tantalizer has been christened. |