fancy man

plural fancy men · alternative fancy-man · alternative fancyman

1. UKdatedslangSynonym of ponce (“a pimp hired by a prostitute”).First known use 1811

   Synonyms: ponce

2. datedA man who is fancied: a sweetheart.First known use 1834

   Alexis was never my fancy-man.

   1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter VII, in Have His Carcase

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   DS Gavin Troy: Why was that? DCI Tom Barnaby: He says he has no idea. Troy: Bollocks. I bet he found out he was Kitty's fancyman.

   1998 March 29, Caroline Graham, “Death of a Hollow Man”, in Midsomer Murders

3. obsoleteA man who fancies something: a fan.First known use 1847
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, man.