fancy : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a person who breeds animals
  

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• noun a person with a strong interest in birds
  

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Bird" fan`ci*er

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1. One who takes pleasure in rearing or collecting rare or curious birds.
2. One who has for sale the various kinds of birds which are kept in cages.

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• noun a person who breeds and cares for cats
  

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Dog" fan`cier

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1. One who has an unusual fancy for, or interest in, dogs; also, one who deals in dogs.

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• a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations.

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• noun a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
  masquerade; masquerade costume.
  

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• a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose.

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• noun goods that are chiefly ornamental
  

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• fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make.

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• (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; used to haul it down.

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• noun someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
  pander; procurer; pimp; ponce; pandar; panderer.
  
• noun a woman's lover
  paramour.
  

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• (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer.

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• a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial.

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• one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold.

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• verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
  rig out; dress up; fig out; overdress; trick up; deck out; prink; tog out; get up; fig up; deck up; attire; tog up; gussy up; trick out.
  
  • She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
  • The young girls were all fancied up for the party

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• noun a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
  woman of the street; working girl; bawd; sporting lady; cocotte; lady of pleasure; prostitute; harlot; cyprian; whore; tart.
  
• noun an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man
  mistress; kept woman.
  

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• the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.

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• noun a ball at which guests wear costumes and masks
  masked ball; masquerade ball.
  

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• adjective satellite having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree
  
  • a fancy-free bachelor

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Fan"cy-free` adjective

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1. Free from the power of love. "In maiden meditation, fancy-free." Shak.

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Fan"cy-sick` adjective

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1. Love-sick. Shak.

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• noun a person who breeds and cares for horses
  horseman.
  

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• all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.

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