单词 | eve-teaser |
释义 | eve-teasern. Indian English. A man who (verbally or physically) sexually harasses a woman in a public place. Cf. eve-teasing n. ΚΠ 1957 Times of India 21 Dec. 1/5 The House held a spirited and breezy discussion on a non-official Bill..seeking to punish ‘eve-teasers’ heavily. 1960 Times 22 Apr. 9 Apologists for the youths suggest that ‘the modern ways of dressing and making up by young women’ are responsible for the antipathy, and it does seem that many ‘Eve-teasers’ are acting from one kind of moral disapproval. 1989 Daily Tel. 8 Apr. 13/7 A large black poster appeared recently in my neighbourhood of Delhi promising ‘Free Board and Lodging for Eveteasers: in Jail’. 2017 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 20 Jan. Police have launched crackdown on eve-teasers following several complaints in the city. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1957 |
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