lounge lizard

noun

Synonyms of lounge lizardnext
1
: ladies' man
2
: fop
3
: a social parasite

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Examples of lounge lizard in a Sentence

a slick lounge lizard in a silk suit a balding, paunchy lounge lizard whose days and nights of partying were behind him
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With acid jazz tracks filled with brass horns and lounge lizard rhythm, many found the score counterintuitive to the game’s decidedly epic moment-to-moment action. — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2024 Tiffany Townsend and Bernardo Bermudez bring rich-toned gusto to Idleness and Pleasure, here a couple of louche lounge lizards. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2023

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First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of lounge lizard was in 1916

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“Lounge lizard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lounge%20lizard. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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