nance
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noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
1.
an effeminate male.
2.
a homosexual male.
Origin:
1905–10; shortened from given name Nancy
1905–10; shortened from given name Nancy
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nance
"effeminate man, homosexual," 1904, from female name Nancy (q.v.), which was in use as an adj. meaning "effeminate" (applied to men) from 1883, a shortening of earlier Miss Nancy, perhaps from the nickname of vain, fashionable actress Miss Anna Oldfield (d.1730).
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Nance
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