fancy woman

Definition of fancy womannext
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as in woman of easy virtue
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman in those days a woman who acted on stage was often thought of as a fancy woman

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Noun
  • Iran kept up its wave of attacks launched at Israel that have sent millions of people to shelters, with sirens sounding across a wide swath of the north, from Haifa to the Galilee to the border with Lebanon.
    DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Warning sirens sounded in the area, alerting citizens to take precautionary measures.
    Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Tourists used to come to King’s Cross for heroin, prostitutes and the train to Scotland.
    Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
  • It is steeped in the history of exclusion, when Chinese women were stigmatized as prostitutes and a menace to public health.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Survivor minx is a tired and true stereotype as attractive female contestants are often portrayed on the show as using their feminine wiles to get ahead in the game.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2021
Noun
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.
    Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018
Noun
  • Ida, meanwhile, is a crime society floozy in 1930s Great Depression Chicago, an escort to a coterie of goombahs who take to mentally torturing her over dinner and drinks in a speakeasy.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Fancy woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy%20woman. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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