fancy woman

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. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
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Noun
  • These triggers can often be the sound of another dog howling or, as in Kaido's case, a nearby siren.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Four days later, sirens sounded as rockets flew out of Gaza and into southern Israel.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
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
  • In other words, the insecure floozy stereotype has very little basis in reality.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Oh, my favorite floozy.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021

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“Fancy woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy%20woman. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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