Definition of Fancy man

1. Noun. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).

Exact synonyms: Pandar, Pander, Panderer, Pimp, Ponce, Procurer
Geographical relationships: England
Generic synonyms: Offender, Wrongdoer
Specialized synonyms: Procuress, Whoremaster, Whoremonger
Derivative terms: Pander, Pander, Pimp, Procure

2. Noun. A woman's lover.
Exact synonyms: Paramour
Generic synonyms: Lover

Definition of Fancy man

1. Noun. (British) A woman's lover. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fancy Man

fancifulnesses
fancify
fancifying
fanciless
fancily
fanciness
fancinesses
fancruft
fancy-dress
fancy-dress ball
fancy-free
fancy-pants
fancy dress
fancy goods
fancy man (current term)
fancy pants
fancy that
fancy up
fancy woman
fancying
fancymonger
fancymongers
fancypants
fancywork
fancyworks
fand
fandabidozi
fandango
fandangoed

Literary usage of Fancy man

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... well-fed, a long lewed lither loiterer, that might work, and would not."—Smyth: Sailor's Word- Booh. Abbot, the fancy man or husband of an abbess. ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Fancy. Love—ie the passion of the fantasy or imagination. A fancy- man is a man (not your husband) whom you fancy or select for chaperon. ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1858)
"But I '11 warn you you '11 live a disappointed old maid if you wait for this fancy man. Stop, not a word. Think of it, think of it, before you make a TOW,' ..."

4. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by William Carew Hazlitt, Robert Dodsley (1875)
"What officer's that fancy-man, lieutenant ? Some great commander, sure. CAS. Pox ! let it go ; I'll win't again : 'twas but the relics of An idle hundred. ..."

5. The Ancient British Drama by Robert Dodsley (1810)
"This 'twas, You must be venturing without your fancy-man. Cred. What officer's that fancy-man, lieutenant ? Some great commander, sure. ..."

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