• Fancy-pants

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    Full definition of fancy-pants

    Noun

    1. Alternative spelling of fancy pants
    2. Someone fancy, silly or attractive.That fancy-pants came around for you.You still with those fancy-pants from downtown.

    Adjective

    fancy-pants

    1. overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicatedWhat are you planning to do with that fancy-pants machine?
      • 2002, y Kasey Wilson, Best Places Vancouver‎, Fortified by years of greasy spoon eating, he's since borrowed nicer clothes to sneak into the more fancy-pants places.
      • 2006, Chris Baty, Chicago‎, The front room is a fun, inclusive (read: sing-along) place, with the back reserved for more fancy-pants cabaret events
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