fancy woman

noun

plural fancy women
dated
1
: a female lover of a man who is married to someone else : mistress
2
a
: a woman who is a sex worker
b
: a woman who has multiple sexual partners : a woman who is sexually promiscuous
sometimes used as a term of abuse and disparagement

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Much like Monica Garcia on the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Maxine watched and studied these fancy women from afar, using that information to scratch and claw her way into their orbit. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fancy woman was in 1819

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“Fancy woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fancy%20woman. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.

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