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nance

  [nans]
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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
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nan·cy   (nān'sē)   
n.   pl. nan·cies also nanc·es Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate man, especially a homosexual man.

[From the name Nancy.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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