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
Noun
  • In London, Parks captures Ali against the shadow of a Regency-era painting of a Beau Brummell-style dandy.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of Beau Brummell
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  • Tom Rhys Harries seethes as Matt Hagen, a pretty boy who loses his looks only to regain them from an experimental procedure that makes a jumble of his psyche.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In summer as well as in winter, beneath a beach umbrella just as much as under the cold carapace of a Toronto sky in December, rap’s pretty boy little brother is sort of always talking about the many grievances he’s picked up along the way.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
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  • The Tennessee native married her Teen Mom costar and longtime beau Taylor McKinney in October 2016.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Still, Kardashian will reportedly continue showing up for her new beau.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of beau
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  • And up until the City Girls’ public falling-out, their bread and butter was scamming rich dudes out of their funds.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
  • For generations of basketball shoe design, the common belief was that bigger dudes need bigger shoes.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of dude
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  • While some birds migrate south for the winter, others, like the blue jay and classic cardinal, remain on the East Coast and brave the cold.
    — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Sparrows, jays, robins, and mockingbirds are some of the most common species to attack garden tomatoes.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of jay
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  • Plate lunches piled with kalua pig, rice and macaroni salad will make their debut in Kuna this week.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain and set aside.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of macaroni
Noun
  • 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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