fancy woman
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9.5
- noun
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- Perhaps this stint in the hospital would be a turning point; perhaps the fancy woman would vanish back to Steelyard Lane or Binns Road, or whichever unexotic lair she'd sprung from.
Examples
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This is not a place to bring a fancy woman.
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Off to see your fancy woman?
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If you had a fancy woman, would you bring her in a place like this?
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She never wanted to be a fancy woman.
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She never even pretended to be a fancy woman.
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Perhaps the fancy woman—generous in this as in much else—had paid for and even chosen them.
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He often met his fancy woman in a secluded hotel to avoid being seen.
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After years of being a fancy woman, she decided it was time to find her own independence.
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The wealthy politician was known for having a fancy woman who enjoyed the lavish lifestyle he provided.
Synonyms
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7.2
A woman who has a long sexual relationship with a married man
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8.4
A woman who a lover pays for, often when he is married to someone else
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal adjectives 'fancy' (ornate, showy) combined with 'woman' would normally be interpreted as a well-dressed or elaborate woman, not a sexual partner supported by a man. The senses 'mistress' or 'kept woman' are idiomatic and regionally marked (e.g., Caribbean/British colloquial), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would not reliably infer this meaning.
Etymology
Fancy woman likely comes from an older use of fancy, meaning a strong liking or desire, so people imagined a rich man keeping a woman he liked for pleasure. That's why fancy woman came to mean a woman a man supports as a 'kept' lover.