fancy-pants
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fancy-pants
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Here, there was no party and no fancy-pants scene to entice them.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2023
Food52's resident baking BFF Erin Jeanne McDowell describes her Citrus Charlotte as "A fancy-pants cake, but it's crazy beautiful."
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022
Likewise, I’m stuck with proprietary Huawei apps since there’s no real third-party app support, making this more of a fancy-pants fitness tracker than a true smartwatch.
From The Verge • May 18, 2022
It was always a relatively easy call, and it doesn’t make me a fancy-pants thespian.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2021
But there Isa was, standing before her, looking so elegant and grown up in the peach gown, not looking a bit appalled by the idea of going to a fancy-pants dance.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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