shag bandit

noun

A man who has many sexual partners, especially while cheating on his spouse.

Meanings

nounshag bandit (plural shag bandits)

plural shag bandits · alternative shag-bandit

  1. UKslangA 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
    1 more example

    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: Lothario, philanderer, rake, womanizer, benedick, cad, drabber, fuck boy

Synonyms & antonyms

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