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fair-weather fans

fair-weather fans is the plural of fair-weather fan.

Meaning of fair-weather fan

Noun

fair-weather fan (plural fair-weather fans)

  1. (idiomatic) A fan who only pays attention to their favorite team when they are performing well.
    • But, hey, don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those big-mouth, fair-weather fans who sings "Hail to the Redskins" when they're winning and "To Hell With the Redskins" when they're not.2001 October 19, Don Oldenburg, “We’ll Always Have Riggins: Tips for the Suffering Redskins Fan”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...

Questions about fair-weather fans

What is fair-weather fans the plural of?
Fair-weather fans is the plural of fair-weather fan.

Words near fair-weather fans in the dictionary

  1. fair-spoken
  2. fair-to-middlin'
  3. fair-to-middling
  4. fair-weather
  5. fair-weather fan
  6. fair-weather fans
  7. fair-weather friend
  8. fair-weather friends
  9. fair-weather friendship
  10. fair-weather friendships
  11. Fairall

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