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peeping Tom

peep·ing Tom (plural peep·ing Toms)


noun 
Definition:
 
man secretly watching others: somebody who secretly watches others, especially a man who gets sexual pleasure from watching somebody undressing or watching sexual activity between other people

[Early 19th century. After a tailor in English legend who was the only person to look at Lady Godiva riding naked]
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