nancy pants

noun

An effeminate man; sissy, wimp.

Meanings

nounnancy pants (plural nancy pants)
  1. An effeminate man; sissy, wimp.

    If you broil on a grill (or grille, for you nancy-pants), then the broiling is done on the underside.

    2006, Christopher Hamilton, The Cookbook for Men Whose Wives Don't Cook, page 28

    Synonyms: cockney, nancy, sissy

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn effeminate man; sissy, wimp.

Origin

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