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A diminutive of the female given name Frances, itself also becoming a given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The female genitalia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar
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noun
The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, informal, uncountable
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noun
Sexual intercourse with a woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable, vulgar
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noun
Women, regarded as sex objects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable, vulgar
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noun
Mess kettle or cooking pot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
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noun
external female sex organs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: genitalia, genital organ, genitals, private parts, privates, crotch
Narrower terms: minge, cunt, puss, pussy, slit, snatch, twat, vulva
noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, ass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: body part
History
19th century. Ultimately from Fanny, pet form of the name Frances. Compare dick, John Thomas, mickey.
The British naval slang sense derives from Fanny Adams. Tins of mutton introduced as rations were not liked by the sailors and were taken by them to contain the butchered remains of Fanny Adams who had been brutally murdered and dismembered. The tins were re-used for eating from and cooking with.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
