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Meanings of lizard in English

A man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him.

(Sauria) A reptile of the order Squamata.

Synonyms
Examples for "lounge lizard"
Examples for "lounge lizard"
1
It grimaces like Peer Gynt and winks like a lounge lizard, a cake eater.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
2
I feel like a lounge lizard if I take six hours out of every twenty-four.
Islands of Space
3
La Fenetre Soleil is a lounge lizard's paradise which does fluffy muffins and crispy waffles.
Reuters
4
The chief grotbags of the British indie scene return, retaining a genuinely reptilian edge to their lounge lizard music.
The Guardian
5
The ultimate lounge lizard.
The saint of dragons
Usage of lizard in English
1
The head of the lizard was in the jaws of the death-adder.
My Tropic Isle
2
The second lizard proved to be too large for Sloan to finish.
Brisingr
3
I grunted at that, and considered the question of the lizard again.
A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
4
Oolah the lizard was tired of lying in the sun, doing nothing.
Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as t...
5
It seizes the anolis, a kind of water-lizard, in the same way.
The Western World / Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural H...
6
The lizard talks so loudly he attracts the attention of the owner.
A Study in Tinguian Folk-Lore
7
He looked like a lizard in the crevice of a stone wall.
Mother
8
It was in the shape of a golden lizard, with ruby eyes.
Jack Ranger's Western Trip; Or, from Boarding School to Ranch an...
9
And they had their god, in the shape of this lizard thing.
The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
10
The horned toad and the lizard had favorite places at each repast.
A Truthful Woman in Southern California
11
And then that lizard darted across the wall right next to us.
Dolly departed
12
Sunni looked down at the lizard too, and so the minutes passed.
The Story of Sonny Sahib
13
And the lizard threw down to him his knife and his bag.
Philippine Folk-Tales
14
John brought Him a lizard; I would bring him a poisonous snake.
The Crushed Flower, and Other Stories
15
It and the viviparous lizard are the only reptiles found in Ireland.
The Irish Times
16
Jacob leaned forward and pointed at a lizard clinging to the doorway.
Serena
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Lizard through the time
Lizard across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common