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[UK] L. McIntosh Oxford Folly 40: ‘[W]ho on earth is that Charlie she’s with?’ Julian and Sandy looked, and saw Madeleine escorting a man in suede shoes and a black birdseye drape suit [Simes:DLSS].
at charlie, n.8
[UK] L. McIntosh Oxford Folly 104: ‘Who was his fancy man?’ ‘Do you know Adrian Proudfoot? [...] he’s got all the mannerisms of a queer. The nervous, high-pitched laugh, the liberal use of after-shave lotion, the variegated wardrobe. It all adds up’.
at fancy man, n.1
[UK] L. McIntosh Oxford Folly 176: ‘I’m a bit fed up with all this stuff about suicide and queers. I’ve seen enough fancy boys at lunch-time today to last me for a life time’ [Simes:DLSS].
at fancy boy (n.) under fancy, adj.
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