cradle-robber

cradle-robber

A jocular term for someone who is romantically involved with a much younger person. I wouldn't have pegged Jeff as a cradle-robber, but I just saw him around town with a girl who looks like she's barely out of high school.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • robber
  • cradle-snatcher
  • cradle-snatching
  • arm candy
  • candy
  • the old ball and chain
  • shwench
  • have eyes for
  • have eyes for (someone or something)
  • papa
References in periodicals archive
'They'll go into the whole cradle-robber routine, right in fron of Jessica," says Nancy Ford, 45, referring to her 21-year-old lover.
CAN LOVE BRIDGE THE GAP
Men who prefer younger women are dismissed as cradle-robbers, dirty old men, or the newest term, manthers.
Manthers vs Cougars - Which is the More Popular Dating Dynamic?
On the Iraq war protest song "Long Dark Night," Fogerty unmercifully bashes Bush and his cronies as a bunch of warmongers, backstabbers, cradle-robbers and opportunists (and those are the good things he has to say).
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