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nancies

nancies is the plural of nancy.

Meaning of nancy

Noun

nancy (plural nancies or nancys)

  1. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, US, derogatory) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
    • The wonderful Stephen Tobolowsky returns as Sandy [Ryerson], the flaming former glee club director who’s now the shop teacher, and warns that “you are going to have a school full of nancys unless you get some hot wood in those teenagers’ hands.”2009 September 17, Mike Hale, “‘Glee’, Brought to You By the Letter ‘C’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2009

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Proper noun capitalized: Nancies

Nancies

  1. (plural) plural of Nancy

Noun capitalized: Nancies

Nancies

  1. (plural) plural of Nancy

Phrases with nancies

Questions about nancies

What is nancies the plural of?
Nancies is the plural of nancy.
What part of speech is nancies?
Nancies can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near nancies in the dictionary

  1. Nanching
  2. nanchon
  3. Nanchong
  4. nanchons
  5. Nanchuan
  6. nancies
  7. nancified
  8. nancing
  9. Nancowry
  10. nancy
  11. nancy boy

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