Meaning of Percy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A unit of Percocet.
   slang
2. An English surname from Old French.
3. A male person regarded as unmanly or weak; a sissy; specifically (historical), a male conscientious objector.
   also, attributive, derogatory, slang
4. An educated soldier; specifically, an officer.
   also, attributive, derogatory, slang
5. A male given name transferred from the surname or from a clipping of Percival, of Middle Ages and later usage.
6. Chiefly in point Percy at the porcelain: the penis.
   Australia, UK, humorous, slang
7. A place name:
8. A commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
9. A village in Manche department, Normandy, France.
10. A township in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States.
11. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.
12. A village in Randolph County, Illinois, United States.

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Examples

“Hot[spur]. My name⟳ is Harry Percy. / Pr[ince]. VVhy then I ſee / A very valiant rebel of that name⟳; / I am the Prince of VVales, and thinke not Percy / To ſhare vvith me in glory any more: / Tvvo ſtars keepe not their motion in one ſphere, / Nor can one England brooke a double⟳ raigne / Of Harry Percy and the Prince of VVales.”

“Speaking of Sligo, I have⟳ written again to ask⟳ if I may visit⟳ there sometime soon, and talk⟳ to the administrator, who it turns out is an old acquaintance, a man called Percival Quinn, I think⟳ the only Percy I have⟳ heard of in the present⟳ era, let⟳ alone met. […] [T]here may be other files there that even Percy feels can't be communicated, but I don't know⟳.”

“The military arm is considerably bothered by the problem of what to do with him [the conscientious objector]. It tacitly invites the rank and file⟳ to have⟳ a lark with him in barracks, in the hope⟳ that if he is bullied and told that he will be shot next morning, and mobbed and pilloried and photographed in The Daily Sketch⟳ as Percy (all Percies are now—shade of Hotspur!—supposed to be cowards) he will, perhaps, stop⟳ giving trouble⟳.”

“He never palliated his villainy, never helped old ladies across the street to show⟳ that he was a sweet kid au fond or prated about his Oedipus complex like⟳ the Percy boys who portray heavies today.”

“["]I must admit⟳ I'm not terribly good at figures." / "Never met an officer as was," said Sam. "Most of the young Percies in our mob had to take⟳ their boots off to count⟳ up to twenty. But don't worry⟳ about that. Aunty'll give⟳ you the figures. She's got 'em all in her head, like⟳ a bleedin' adding machine. It's her handwriting and spelling that gets everybody down. It's soddin' awful she can't read⟳ it herself five minutes after."”

“Them percies fuck up my reaction She stuck on me she immune”

“Yeah, I just do it (Yeah), I don't hesitate (No) I took a couple percies, yeah, to the face⟳”

“Why did you desert me? You keep⟳ poppin percies”

“It's too much hate⟳ and envy My nigga change⟳ my percies”

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