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fancy woman

American  
[fan-see woom-uhn] / ˈfæn si ˌwʊm ən /

noun

Informal: Older Use.
  1. an immoral woman, especially a man's mistress.

  2. a prostitute.


fancy woman British  

noun

  1. slang a mistress or prostitute

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fancy woman

First recorded in 1805–15

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Shapiro acted out the part of a fancy woman in a cape—“ ‘But, instead of it being just a solid fabric, it’s covered in—a beer can!

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016

Even when the doctor went off to Rotterdam and came back with a fancy woman, he refused to give up.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Here's my little pet," she cried jubilantly" "Then, in the name of furtin have your fancy, woman!

From North, South and over the Sea by M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis

By that light Amadis saw his lady, and she appeared more beautiful than man could fancy woman could be.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies

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