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cave man
noun
- a cave dweller, especially of the Stone Age.
- a man who behaves in a rough, primitive manner, especially toward women.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cave man1
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Example Sentences
So positive was she that the cave-man had died beneath arrow and club, that she did not dream she had been on the verge of rescue.
The cave-man was quick to sense the other's mental suffering as he recounted a painful chapter of his life.
Some of those present had heard details of the cave-man's capture—details that had lost nothing in the telling.
At one moment I have doubted your love for me; at the next, I have resolved to follow you, play cave man, and carry you off.
There to-day exist men in every stage of the supposed progress from the cave man to the highest in civilization.
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