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shag bandit

shag bandit noun: a man who has many sexual partners, especially while cheating on his spouse.

Noun

shag bandit (plural shag bandits)

  1. (UK, slang) A man who has many sexual partners, especially while cheating on his spouse.
    • “I suppose this ‘friend’ of yours is some biker shag-bandit?”
      “I wish. Sugar daddies are more my line these days.”2010, Ronald Wright, Henderson's Spear, →ISBN
    • Rather than arch-villain or "shag-bandit" Willoughby (Wills) impregnating then abandoning a teenager, as in the original, he introduces "Little Eliza" to drugs, and she languishes in a crack den.2013 October 27, Paula Byrne, “Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope – review”, in The Guardian

Synonyms of shag bandit

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Forms of shag bandit

pluralshag bandits
alternative formshag-bandit

Questions about shag bandit

What does shag bandit mean?
Shag bandit means a man who has many sexual partners, especially while cheating on his spouse.
What part of speech is shag bandit?
Shag bandit is a noun.
What is the plural of shag bandit?
The plural of shag bandit is shag bandits.

Words near shag bandit in the dictionary

  1. shafty
  2. shag
  3. shag bag
  4. shag bags
  5. shag band
  6. shag bandit
  7. shag bandits
  8. shag bands
  9. shag monster
  10. shag monsters
  11. shag wagon

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