Peeping+Tom

One entry found for Peeping Tom.

Main Entry: Peep·ing Tom
Pronunciation: p-pi-täm
Function: noun
: a pruriently prying person : VOYEUR
- Peeping Tom·ism /-täm-iz-m/ noun
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.