"girlwatching" meaning in All languages combined

See girlwatching on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From girl + watching, perhaps modelled on birdwatching. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|girl|watching}} girl + watching Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} girlwatching (uncountable)
  1. (rare, informal) Observing young women as a recreational activity. Tags: informal, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-girlwatching-en-noun-M89UMERo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1972, John Money, Anke A Ehrhardt, Man and woman, boy and girl:",
          "text": "He experienced erotic arousal, which included the slow secretion of genital moistness, from being with her, and also from girlwatching.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1979, David L Altheide, Robert P Snow, Media logic:",
          "text": "[…] stylized individual player performance, girlwatching in the stands, blimp shots of the stadium, and lots of other irrelevant hype.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985, Joseph M Ferguson, The Summerfield stories:",
          "text": "He didn't have much heart for his teaching, either, and he found himself taking to girlwatching on campus.",
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          "ref": "1991, Howard Nemerov, A Howard Nemerov Reader:",
          "text": "[…] they are difficult or impossible even by definition: like inventing a new platitude (difficult), or girlwatching in the Men's Room (can't be done).",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Mardy Grothe, Viva la repartee:",
          "text": "[…] end up as hotel detectives in a Texas resort teeming with Nazi agents. They still find time for one of their favorite pastimes: girlwatching.",
          "type": "quote"
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