fancy Dan

noun

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as in Beau Brummell

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  1. Beau Brummell
  2. pretty boy
  3. beau
  4. dude
  5. jay
  6. macaroni
  7. coxcomb
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  • Much like the advice of Beau Brummell, a close friend of the future King George IV who in the 19th century helped define Royal Ascot’s dress code.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
  • The original dandy—most famously embodied by figures like Beau Brummell in 18th-century Britain—was a man whose primary purpose was to stand out by being impeccably groomed and dressed.
    — Ty Gaskins, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2025
Definition of Beau Brummell
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  • Melvin Combs, the dark-skinned, pretty boy with the toothy, megawatt smile, was a co-conspirator in a case that would send some members of his crew to prison for up to 12 years.
    — Aliya S. King, VIBE.com, 6 Dec. 2025
  • This was the last time Leo would try to headline a big-budget movie still looking like the pretty boy of Titanic; after this, his next four films were for either Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • The accolades come just five days after Swift married beau Travis Kelce in an extravagant — yet secretive — Manhattan affair at Madison Square Garden.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Hundreds of celebrities and A-Listers flocked to New York City for the Fourth of July weekend to celebrate Swift’s nuptials with her Super Bowl-winning beau at Madison Square Garden — but the 47-year-old actress and model was notably not among them.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
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  • But maybe looking and sounding like a working-class dude who hates big corporations is not adequate qualification for high office—or even proof that you can be taken at your word.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
  • Mariana is not pleased to hear this, and he's got some rough-looking dudes with him.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026
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  • The jay system is rooted in Buddhist dietary practice and is widely recognized by Thai vendors, so spotting the symbol on a cart or menu is a reliable signal.
    — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
  • The district further encouraged the public to report dead birds — particularly crows, jays, and magpies which are especially susceptible to the West Nile virus — to the California Department of Public Health to aid with mosquito surveillance and control efforts.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
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  • Crunchy celery is a must for macaroni salad.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 26 June 2026
  • Open since 1961 and still family-owned, the Honolulu institution remains a favorite among locals and visitors alike, serving classic combinations of rice, macaroni salad and protein-rich entrees.
    — Staff, USA Today, 8 June 2026
Definition of macaroni
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  • The doctor was a large, hale man, with a coxcomb of thinning red hair.
    — Adam O’Fallon Price, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
Definition of coxcomb
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