DEFINITIONS

fancy-pants

adjective

Slang. fancy or snobbish; foppish; dandified.

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Words nearby fancy-pants

fancy fern, fancy goods, fancy man, fancy woman, fancy-free, fancy-pants, fancywork, fandangle, fandango, fandom, fane

Origin of fancy-pants

First recorded in 1930–35
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