| 单词 | jack among the maids |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack among the maids Jack among the maids n. now rare a man who enjoys the company of women; a ladies' man; (also simply) a man outnumbered in a social group by women or girls. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [noun] > flirt > male flirt > ladies' man or philanderer gallanta1450 dalliera1568 women's man1568 amorist1595 woman's man1597 lady-mongerc1600 dammaret1635 topgallant1701 agapet1736 ladies' man1764 Jack among the maids1785 philanderer1841 Romeo1902 tea-hound1921 bird dog1942 1785 J. Trusler Mod. Times I. vi. 160 The Mayor..was a pleasant man, and Jack among the maids. 1827 W. Napier Let. June in H. A. Bruce Life W. Napier (1864) I. xii. 308 I shall be Jack among the maids, the husbands being in London. 1894 ‘Iota’ Children of Circumstance xxix. 179 She was watching Frank's back disagreeably. ‘Jack among the maids,’ she murmured. 1954 Country Life 28 Oct. 2100/1 I was Jack among the maids, being one of three men in a party of, I think, nineteen ladies. < as lemmas |
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