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Definition of Fancy man
1. Noun. Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce).
Geographical relationships: England
Generic synonyms: Offender, Wrongdoer
Specialized synonyms: Procuress, Whoremaster, Whoremonger
Derivative terms: Pander, Pander, Pimp, Procure
2. Noun. A woman's lover.
Definition of Fancy man
1. Noun. (British) A woman's lover. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fancy Man
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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