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caveman

 noun
     
Related topics: Archaeology
cave‧man plural cavemen [countable]
1SX someone who lived in a cave many thousands of years ago
2 informal an insulting word for a man who you think is rude, violent etc:
Are you going to give me the macho caveman act?
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