subs. (common).An effeminate man; a MISS NANCY (q.v.).
1691. Merry Drollery, The Jovial Lover, p. 12.
The Gittarn and the Lute, the Pipe and the Flute | |
Are the new Alamode for the NAN-BOYS. |
1898. The Sporting Times, 19 Feb., I., 3. But do you think we enjoyed these superfine MISS NANCIES a quarter as much as we did the daring darlings who subsequently lured them down the Madeira Drive?
2. (venery).A catamite.