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curtain twitcher

curtain twitcher noun: a nosy person who watches their neighbours, typically from a curtained window.

Noun

curtain twitcher (plural curtain twitchers)

  1. (UK, slang) A nosy person who watches their neighbours, typically from a curtained window.
    • […]but these self-invited guests made her feel like a curtain-twitcher of the worst kind and she resented them for it.2002, Patrick Gale, Rough Music
    • […]the reader is also accepting the role of curtain twitcher or peeping Tom.2004, Harold Love, English Clandestine Satire, 1660-1702

Forms of curtain twitcher

pluralcurtain twitchers
alternative formcurtain-twitcher

Questions about curtain twitcher

What does curtain twitcher mean?
Curtain twitcher means a nosy person who watches their neighbours, typically from a curtained window.
What part of speech is curtain twitcher?
Curtain twitcher is a noun.
What is the plural of curtain twitcher?
The plural of curtain twitcher is curtain twitchers.

Words near curtain twitcher in the dictionary

  1. curtain rings
  2. curtain rod
  3. curtain rods
  4. curtain time
  5. curtain times
  6. curtain twitcher
  7. curtain twitchers
  8. curtain wall
  9. curtain walls
  10. curtain-raise
  11. curtain-raiser

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