fancy-pants
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adjective
Slang. fancy or snobbish; foppish; dandified.
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Origin of fancy-pants
First recorded in 1930–35
Words nearby fancy-pants
fancy dress, fancy fern, fancy-free, fancy goods, fancy man, fancy-pants, fancy woman, fancywork, fan dance, fandangle, fandango
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