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fancy man

fancy man noun: synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).

Noun

fancy man (plural fancy men)

  1. (UK, dated, slang) Synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).
    Synonyms:
    ponce
  2. (dated) A man who is fancied: a sweetheart.
    • Alexis was never my fancy-man.1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter VII, in Have His Carcase
    • DS Gavin Troy: Why was that?
      DCI Tom Barnaby: He says he has no idea.
      Troy: Bollocks. I bet he found out he was Kitty's fancyman.1998 March 29, Caroline Graham, “Death of a Hollow Man”, in Midsomer Murders
  3. (obsolete) A man who fancies something: a fan.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, man.

Synonyms of fancy man

Forms of fancy man

pluralfancy men
alternative formfancy-man
alternative formfancyman

Questions about fancy man

What does fancy man mean?
Fancy man means synonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).
What part of speech is fancy man?
Fancy man is a noun.
What is the plural of fancy man?
The plural of fancy man is fancy men.

Words near fancy man in the dictionary

  1. fancy houses
  2. fancy line
  3. fancy lines
  4. fancy maid
  5. fancy maids
  6. fancy man
  7. fancy meat
  8. fancy meats
  9. fancy men
  10. fancy mice
  11. fancy mouse

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