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—used to comment on something that is hard to imagine "The baby she brought home was the wrong one." "Fancy that!"

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“Fancy that.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fancy%20that. Accessed 17 Aug. 2022.

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