fancy man

How to use fancy man in a sentence

• Cards are also going all day long, and there is generally a Fancy-man—or blackleg—ready to oblige a friend.

  Lands of the Slave and the Free | Henry A. Murray

• Why, I fancy man will undo his own work, when he can find nothing better to busy himself in.

  The Red Rover | James Fenimore Cooper

• The real thing is to sit near one of the openings, which enables the fancy-man to exhibit his embroidered gaiters and neat leg.

  Gatherings From Spain | Richard Ford

• Do you know that I can hang you, my woman, and your fancy man a well?

  The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson | Robert Louis Stevenson

• If you dance with any of their women, you get her particular fancy-man on to you, don't you?

  An Outback Marriage | Andrew Barton Paterson