OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 22749

come-on

/ˈkʌmˌɑn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
insinuación • proposición
A statement or sometimes an action reflecting sexual or romantic interest.
I come looking for a job But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I thought he'd asked me to lunch to discuss business; I wasn't expecting a come-on.
reclamo
A bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage.
When the public no longer rushed to the box-office to buy such synthetic exaltations of the spirit, pitchmen like Jerome K. Jerome and the aforesaid Kennedy got out their theopathi…
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