Read full poem →Would turn his brow of tan,
And Tom would pair with Nancy
And Dick step off with Fan;
Dictionary Entry
An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
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Poetry examples for “nancy”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Taught by our art her ridicule to pause on,
Quits the _Ballet_, and calls for _Nancy Dawson._
The Gamester too, whose wit’s all high or low,
Read full poem →Was quickly mantled with the gloom of night;
But hear in heav'n's blest bow'rs your Nancy fair,
And learn to imitate her language there.
Read full poem →I thought upon the banks o’ Coil,
I thought upon my Nancy,
I thought upon the witching smile
Read full poem →THINE am I, my faithful Fair,
Thine, my lovely Nancy;
Ev’ry pulse along my veins,
Read full poem →which he was sharply censured by Sir Walter Scott, in the _Quarterly
Review._ The scene of the poem is in Mauchline, where Poosie Nancy had
her change-house. Only one copy in the handwriting of Burns is
Read full poem →Bachman Marion M Mrs r 139 S 12
Bachman Nancy A r 3121 Oxford Circle §
Bachman Oliver D r 2020 Main blvd
