blood-red fancy
blood-red fancy noun: a red neckerchief worn at prizefights to show support for a contender.
Noun
blood-red fancy (plural blood-red fancies)
- A red neckerchief worn at prizefights to show support for a contender.
- Roll of snow, six snooze cases, three narps, and a blood-red fancy.1845, George William M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volumes 3-4, page 85
- But the witness persisted, and pulled out handkerchief after handkerchief, offering Birds'-eye Wipes and Blood-red Fancies with all the fervour of the good salesman loth to miss an opportunity; […]1930, Helen Simpson, Desires and Devices, page 263
Forms of blood-red fancy
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Questions about blood-red fancy
- What does blood-red fancy mean?
- Blood-red fancy means a red neckerchief worn at prizefights to show support for a contender.
- What part of speech is blood-red fancy?
- Blood-red fancy is a noun.
- What is the plural of blood-red fancy?
- The plural of blood-red fancy is blood-red fancies.
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