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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Recent Examples of fancy man
Most of the fancy men on the field are not allowed to use their hands, a very important and capable body part.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 14 July 2025
Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 14 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy man
pimp
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Ranch hands and migrant farmers arrived in the eighteen-hundreds, followed by bootleggers, bartenders, drug runners, and pimps.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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The case started on July 1, when a man called police to report three pimps were holding his girlfriend against her will at a hotel on Hegenberger Road in East Oakland.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
22 July 2025
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“Fancy man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy%20man. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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