cuckold-maker

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cuckold +‎ maker

Noun[edit]

cuckold-maker (plural cuckold-makers)

  1. One who cuckolds; a man who seduces another's wife.
    • c. 1613, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, act 5, scene 4, lines 23–26:
      but if I spared any / That had a head to hit, either young or old, / He or she, cuckold or cuckold-maker, / Let me ne'er hope to see a chine again
  2. (obsolete) The penis.

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