fancy man
noun2
Dated A man who is fancied: a sweetheart.
- Alexis was never my fancy-man.1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter VII, in Have His Carcase:
- DS Gavin Troy: Why was that? DCI Tom Barnaby: He says he has no idea. Troy: Bollocks. I bet he found out he was Kitty's fancyman.1998 March 29, Caroline Graham, "Death of a Hollow Man", Midsomer Murders
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Obsolete A man who fancies something: a fan.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fancy, man.