Gay deceiver

Gay deceiver

A gay deceiver can mean any of the following:

* A rakehell or lothario.
* A brand of girdle
* A once-widely used term for falsies (for example, in "The Glass Menagerie")
* A fictional character created by Robert A. Heinlein, the sentient car/aircraft/time machine introduced in his novel "The Number of the Beast".
* "The Gay Deceivers", a 1969 gay-themed comedy film.

In the course of the XIX century, gay deceiver could also mean a highwayman (as in, e.g., one of the lyrics sets for Whiskey in the Jar Irish ballad) or a person using his personal charme for purposes of personal advantage; Aaron Burr is thus referred to in the Atlantic Monthly (vol. XII, n. 74, 1863).


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