nance

[ nans ]

/ næns /

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noun Slang.

Offensive. an effeminate male.

Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a gay man.

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Origin of nance

First recorded in 1905–10; shortened from given name Nancy

Words nearby nance

Nanak, nana nap, Nana Sahib, Nanay, nan bread, nance, Nanchang, Nan-ching, Nanchong, Nancy, Nanda Devi

How to use nance in a sentence

Despite identifying as conservative, Nance made it clear this is an issue that all women should care about, across party lines.
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Nance said she has personally been a victim of these kinds of superficial attacks.
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Nathan Lane continues to prove himself one of the great stage actors in The Nance, but the somewhat weak play works against him.
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The play nominees include Cyrano de Bergerac, The Nance, The Heiress, and Golden Boy.
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Pettway brought the infant to her home in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and renamed her Nedjra Nance.
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Nance Watling has been turning everything upside down at the Heath Farm.
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Nance listened appalled; then she sprang forward and dragged down his arm and laid her hand upon his mouth.
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At this a light came into his face, and after some seconds of rumination he despatched Nance upon an errand.
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The place was all enclosed, the wind a stranger, the turf smooth and solid; so it was chosen by Nance to be her bleaching-green.
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Nance,” said he, “would you have a man sit down and suffer or rise up and strive?
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