Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete variant of
lector .
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Examples
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| Reply the guy “strawing” kirby should have been hannibal lecter 8D
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: “Tasty Pink Delight” 2008
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| Reply thats a pretty good choice imo, if he can get the whole psychotic-yet-still-calm-look (sort of like a hannibal lecter type) he would be PERFECT!
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Being deemed psycologically unfit by an “army psyche” that rivals that of hannibal lecter, would be a compliment.
Think Progress » U.S. soldiers punished for having PTSD. 2006
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They need to make him more scary looking, maybe put a hannibal lecter mask on him, wheel him into the room strapped to a dolly…
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(I felt diffident at not havin 'my lecter in my pocket, and not bein' accustomed to speakin 'verbatim.)
Strange Visitors Henry J. Horn
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About de possum's tail she's gwine to lecter -- ladies, listen!
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About de 'possum's tail she's gwine to lecter -- ladies, listen!
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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"It wasn't nothin 'mo'n a lecter," was another's criticism.
The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories Paul Laurence Dunbar 1889
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Oh, I've had good folks talk at me an 'lecter, an' I ben in jail, but it all on'y made me mad.
Nature's Serial Story Edward Payson Roe 1863
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Strategically dipped (hannibal lecter-like) below one eye.
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