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  • G_tech
    Meaning A voyeur. A man who furtively observes naked or sexually active people for his own gratification. Origin The name comes from the legend of Lady Godiva's naked ride through the streets of Coventry, in order to persuade her husband to alleviate the harsh taxes on the town's poor. The story goes that the townsfolk agreed not to observe Godiva as she passed by, but that Peeping Tom broke that trust and spied on her. http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/peeping-tom.html
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