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playboy

[ pley-boi ]

noun

  1. a man who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.


playboy

/ ˈ±è±ô±ðɪˌ²úɔɪ /

noun

  1. a man, esp one of private means, who devotes himself to the pleasures of nightclubs, expensive holiday resorts, female company, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of playboy1

First recorded in 1620–30; play + boy
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In cinema there are erotic thrillers — think “Basic Instinct,†“Fatal Attraction,†“Eyes Wide Shut†— in which men are the playboys and women the collateral damage.

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"He wasn't your typical British gangster he was more like a playboy, he looked like a rockstar."

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Trump, with his playboy reputation, managed to trick a lot of voters into thinking Republicans were finally moving past the decades-long obsession with being the panty police.

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He rose to fame with Robinhood playboy roles in the 1990s before becoming an actor.

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Everyone knows that his cultivated image of a wealthy playboy who wined and dined beautiful women like he was some kind of matinee idol is another one of his lies.

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