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hit and run guy
Definition
1. A promiscuous man who abhors romantic involvements and sentimentality; also known as a bing-bang-thank-you-ma'am kind of guy. See philanderer for synonyms.2. Earlier in this century the designation applied to a ladies' man, a lover boy only interested in casual romances.
QUOTES:
(1) Jerry 'Babe' Stewart (Clark Gable) to his ex-girlfriend in No man of Her Own (1932): ' You know I'm a hit and run guy. Never gonna have to comb a girl out of my hair. I'm free, see? And ankle chains give me the jitters.'
(2) Capt. John Pringle (John Lund) to Phoebe Frost (Jean Arthur) in A Foreign Affair (1948): 'I'm just a hit and run boy, the kind you want is the kind you marry.'
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HIST
histaminoid reaction
HISTEP
HISTO
histology
Histoplasmosis
historical drama
historical method
Historical Reenactment
history
histrionic
HISWTR
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hit a lick
hit and miss
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hit on Rosy Palm
hit or miss
hit skins
hit the deck running
hit the deep
hit the ham
hit the hay
hit the kitten
hit the nail on the head
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hit the sheets
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