lady-killer

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Tony Soprano, the mob boss in “The Sopranos,” was many things: husband, father, animal lover, lady-killer, sociopathic capitalist, pop-culture sensation.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2021

"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

There have been glimpses—when he takes Joan out for drinks after she’s served with divorce papers, the old lady-killer don seems to be out in force.

From Time • May 21, 2012

I have already begged of my reader to separate such suspicions from the coxcombry of the lady-killer, who deems every girl he meets his victim.

From Jack Hinton The Guardsman by Lever, Charles James