单词 | gigolo |
释义 | gigolon. A professional male dancing-partner or escort; a ‘kept’ man (see kept adj. 1a), esp. a young man supported financially by an older woman in return for his attentions. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > woman's hired lover stallion1676 petticoat-pensioner1699 gigolo1922 Valentino1927 toyboy1981 boy toy1982 1922 Woman's Home Compan. Nov. 7/1 A gigolo, generally speaking, is a man who lives off women's money. In the mad year 1922..a gigolo, definitely speaking, designated one of those incredible and pathetic male creatures,..who, for ten francs..would dance with any woman wishing to dance..in the cafés, hotels, and restaurants of France. 1927 Daily News 21 May 5/4 The audience was delighted with the grannies' dance with gigolos—as lounge lizards are called. 1927 Daily Express 24 Oct. 10/4 The Riviera wakes up... Well-known mannequins, dance partners, gigolos, and barmen..have once more returned to their place in the sun. 1928 Daily Tel. 27 Mar. 6 Similar indulgence, perhaps, would not be extended to her adoption of a ‘gigolo’. 1933 N. Coward Design for Living i. 21 I'd forgotten about your French accent and the way you move your hands, and the way you dance. A sleek little gigolo! 1961 P. Ustinov Loser x. 226 The role of Captain Val di Sarat..has been consigned to a superannuated gigolo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1922 |
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