Significados de old leech en inglés

He's a regular old leech, Padre.

The poet Wordsworth introduces us to an old leech-gatherer lamenting the scarcity of the animals in the following lines:

Any time that old leech abandons a thing, bookkeepers and all other parties will do well to ride right along with him.

Erpwald went off to the guest chamber where he was lodged, and presently I found our old leech and took him to see after him.

How it clears away all the fumes of the head,-betterthan the hellebore with which the old leeches of the Middle Ages purged the cerebellum!

"That the splendid old leech described you to me exactly as I had imagined you," was the reply.

"A despicable old leech, but he is filthy rich and he has expressed an interest in tasting Egypt," he said with a narrowed-eye smile.