Meaning

3 senses
  1. A leech that lives on land; a terrestrial leech.

  2. (error misspelling, pejorative)A landlord; a person who makes money from renting housing. Often used by people who believe it is an unproductive, unfair and/or exploitative way to earn a living.

  3. (error misspelling, pejorative)A landlord who exploits their tenants (e.g. by charging unfair or excessive rents).

Origin

From land + leech. Blend of landlord + leech.

From land + leech.

Blend of landlord + leech.

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Forms

plural: land-leeches

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedslumlord

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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