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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: lecher

lech

 verb
     
lech , letch

lech after/over somebody

phrasal verb
to show sexual desire for someone in a way that is unpleasant or annoying:
a middle-aged man leching after young girls
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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