fancy man

as in pimp
a man who solicits clients for a woman who is willing to engage in sexual activities for money coppers arresting both the prostitute and her fancy man

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  • And then there’s also Sly Stone, the street cat, the hostler, the pimp, the conniver, sly as a fox and cold as a stone … that’s the strutter, the street dude who walks up there with that charisma that holds an audience captive, right?
    Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
  • Roles on the frontier shifted constantly: Gunfighters became marshals, cowboys became killers, pimps became lawmen.
    Paul Begala, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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“Fancy man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy%20man. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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