Meaning of Fanny | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The female genitalia.
   Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, countable, uncountable, vulgar
2. Mess kettle or cooking pot.
   UK, slang
3. A diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.
4. The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
   Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable
5. Sexual intercourse with a woman.
   UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar
6. Women, regarded as sex objects.
   UK, uncountable, vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“"My name⟳ is Frances. Don't call⟳ me Fanny!" "Why not?" "Because it's too absurd to be endured! What does the mere sound⟳ of Fanny suggest⟳? A flirting dancing creature - plump and fair, and playful and pretty!"”

“They listened to the sound⟳ of Fanny’s retreating footsteps. ‘Well, well!’ said Marcus. ‘Oh, take⟳ no notice⟳ Jess. You know⟳ what our Frances Maud is like⟳! It’s nothing to cry⟳ about!’ To her humiliation Jessamy found there were tears trickling down her cheeks. ‘Always getting worked up about something, Fanny is.’ – page 105: As she did so Fanny put⟳ down her book , stood up and stretched her arms, and at once Jessamy noticed a difference. It was the same Fanny but not the Fanny who climbed trees and tore her frock playing in the garden. It was as though a young lady film had settled over her, neatening her unruly hair, which was tied back with a large black bow, and primly composing her small mouth.”

“"I spose you want⟳ to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name⟳ was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name⟳, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.”

“Her dress was so short you could nearly see⟳ her fanny.”

“Children, sit⟳ down on your fannies, and eat⟳ your lunch.”

“Get⟳ off your fanny and get⟳ back to work⟳!”

“get⟳ some fanny tonight”

“This club is full of fanny.”

“I put⟳ on a big fanny of Ky, that is a straight-sided pot of cocoa for them returning.”

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