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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Recent Examples of fancy woman
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.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy woman
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With lights flashing and sirens blaring, the officers stepped out of their patrol car and proceeded to take part in the Halloween festivities.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Soon after, an ambulance would peel off, sirens ripping through the silence.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
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At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
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Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.Vulture, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
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Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
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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
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Oh, my favorite floozy.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021
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Batrachians, oh, tell me, where is the fair floozy?Washington Post, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021
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“Fancy woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy%20woman. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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