Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fanny merchant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: fan-ny mer-chant
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An effeminate and ineffectual man.

British usage; Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"To cut a long story short, Howard looked like an intrepid explorer with an all-year tan but in actual fact he was just a chap who stayed at home and wore pan-stick: in other words, a fanny merchant."
"He was a “cultured left back” (translation-he could play but was a bit of a fanny merchant) and he could hit a shot."
"Right now he's calling me a 'fanny merchant' as he pins me to the wall in the Dublin Airport Hotel and lets me know exactly what he thinks of the Liverpool way just hours after a game at Lansdowne Road."

Usage

Inflected Forms

fanny merchants (plural)

Questions

What does fanny merchant mean?: An effeminate and ineffectual man.

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