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Definitions

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  • noun A person who watches another without the other's permission and usually without the other's knowledge, especially for the purpose of deriving sexual pleasure from the sight of the other.

Etymologies

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From Peeping Tom, a tailor in the legend of Lady Godiva who watched Godiva riding naked.

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