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Peep·ing Tom

n :  a pruriently prying person  :  VOYEUR Peeping Tom*ism n 
Peeping Tom British legendary character. According to popular legend, Tom was a prying tailor who was struck blind (or, in some versions, struck dead) as he watched Lady Godiva when she rode naked through the streets of Coventry, England, as a protest against the heavy taxes imposed upon the citizens of Coventry.

 
 

 
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