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nancy pants

nancy pants noun: an effeminate man; sissy, wimp.

Noun

nancy pants (plural nancy pants)

  1. An effeminate man; sissy, wimp.
    • If you broil on a grill (or grille, for you nancy-pants), then the broiling is done on the underside.2006, Christopher Hamilton, The Cookbook for Men Whose Wives Don't Cook, page 28
    Synonyms:
    cockney, nancy, sissy

Synonyms of nancy pants

Forms of nancy pants

pluralnancy pants

Origin of nancy pants

From nancy + -pants.

Questions about nancy pants

What does nancy pants mean?
Nancy pants means an effeminate man; sissy, wimp.
What part of speech is nancy pants?
Nancy pants is a noun.
What is the plural of nancy pants?
The plural of nancy pants is nancy pants.

Words near nancy pants in the dictionary

  1. nancy
  2. nancy boy
  3. nancy boys
  4. Nancy Dawson
  5. Nancy Dawsons
  6. nancy pants
  7. Nancy Reagan gaze
  8. Nancy Reagan gazes
  9. Nancy-pretty
  10. nancyboy
  11. nancyboys

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