Meanings
nounNancy Dawson (plural Nancy Dawsons)
plural Nancy Dawsons
- derogatoryslangA homosexual man, especially one regarded as effeminate.
Though harmless and gentle he would have been described as a Greek or a Uranist by the exquisites of Cambridge, or as a Nancy Dawson by everyone else.
1974, Michael Tyler-Whittle, Bertie, page 250
Origin
Likely taken from the stage name of eighteenth-century dancer and actress Ann Newton.
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Nancy Dawson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nancy%20Dawson
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