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Definition of Ponce

1. Noun. A man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses.

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

Definition of Ponce

1. Noun. (British slang) A pimp. ¹

2. Noun. (British pejorative) A posh or effeminate person. ¹

3. Verb. (British slang) To act as a pimp. ¹

4. Verb. (British slang) Hence, to try to get rid of or proactively sell something. ¹

5. Verb. (British pejorative) To behave in a posh or effeminate manner. ¹

6. Verb. (British slang) To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ponce

1. to pimp [v PONCED, PONCING, PONCES] - See also: pimp

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ponce

pompous pompously pompousness pompousnesses pomps pomroy pomroys poms pomset pomsets

pomwater pomwaters pomœrium pon ponazuril ponce (current term) ponce wheel ponceau ponceau D xylidine ponceaus

ponceaux ponced ponces poncey poncho ponchoed ponchos poncier ponciest poncing

Literary usage of Ponce

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

1. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"The quantity thus procured confirmed the hopes of Juan ponce; and leaving several of his companions in the house of the hospitable cacique, he returned to ..."

2. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"ponce UE LEON, RODRIGO. born in 1443, was an illegitimate and younger son of ... With those good tidings ponce returned to Hispaniola, and obtained from the ..."

3. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries (1913)
"A ponce DE LEON DOCUMENT OF 1509 THE conquest of Porto Rico by Juan ponce ... ponce reached the coast of Porto Rico on August 12, 1508, explored for a time, ..."

4. History of the Conquest of Mexico by William Hickling Prescott (1873)
"The person selected for this delicate office was Luis ponce de Leon, a man of high family, young for such a post, but of a mature judgment and distinguished ..."

5. The Spanish Settlements Within the Present Limits of the United States, 1513 by Woodbury Lowery (1901)
"APPENDIX G THE BAY OF JUAN ponce I can find no sufficient authority for Dr. Shea's statement in his " Ancient Florida " (in Narr. ..."

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