lady-killer
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His leadership bona fides were equally laughable, having presided over bankrupt casinos and failed real-estate projects, fabricated the persona of a lady-killer, and created a reality TV show about a tin-pot entrepreneur.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2018
Then he played the lady-killer in “Pride and Prejudice,” Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Jane Austen romance, starring opposite Keira Knightley.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2018
"Gossip Girl's" Ed Westwick is a real lady-killer in "Wicked City," a new crime drama set in early 1980s L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2015
And then there is Louis Patterson Trotmeier IV, a lady-killer whose downfall arrives in the form of a pop star who bears a more than passing resemblance to Madonna.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2015
In the midst of her own confusion and embarrassment she could not help smiling at the shy, penitent air of one who was usually such a self-confident lady-killer.
From In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II by Paul Heyse
After all, Mr. Ocean, 24, is a rising star in the hypermasculine world of urban music, where singers cultivate images as lady-killers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2012
Harvey played handsome, heartless lady-killers in such hits as Butterfield 8 and Darling, and was the brainwashed political assassin of The Manchurian Candidate.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following is a brief encounter with these two ultra stylish lady-killers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not at all; your regiment will become quite the fancy, you'll go by the name of the lady-killers, ha, ha, ha.
From Snarleyyow by Frederick Marryat
He was an acknowledged flirt; a regular knave of Hearts; and yet totally unlike those professional lady-killers who carry their smooth chins so very high above their would-be rivals in fashionable drawing-rooms.
From The Doctor's Daughter by [pseud.] Vera
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