blood-red fancy

plural blood-red fancies

1. obsoleteslangA red neckerchief worn at prizefights to show support for a contender.

   Roll of snow, six snooze cases, three narps, and a blood-red fancy.

   1845, George William M. Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volumes 3-4, page 85

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   But the witness persisted, and pulled out handkerchief after handkerchief, offering Birds'-eye Wipes and Blood-red Fancies with all the fervour of the good salesman loth to miss an opportunity; […]

   1930, Helen Simpson, Desires and Devices, page 263