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The imagination.
Milton
- In the soul / Are many lesser faculties, that serve / Reason as chief. Among these fancy next / Her office holds.
1861, Atlantic Monthly
- Rustic females who habitually chew even pitch or spruce-gum are rendered thereby so repulsive that the fancy refuses to pursue the horror farther and imagine it tobacco (..)
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea.
Shakespeare
- How now, my lord! why do you keep alone, / Of sorriest fancies your companions making?
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; an impression.
John Locke
- I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children.
A whim.
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I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.
love Love or amorous attachment.
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He took a fancy to her.
The object of inclination or liking.
- to fit your fancies to your father's will
Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
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Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.
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the cat fancy
The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
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He fell out of favor with the boxing fancy after the incident.
De Quincey
- a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy
A diamond with a distinctive colour.
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
Mortimer
- London pride is a pretty fancy for borders.
puhekieltä A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
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In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
1970, Marta Weigle, Follow my fancy: the book of jacks and jack games (page 22)
- When you have mastered plainsies, the regular jack game, and have learned all the rules, you will be ready to use this part of the book. A fancy is a variation of plainsies which usually requires more skill than plainsies does.
2002, Elizabeth Dana Jaffe, Sherry L. Field, Linda D. Labbo, Jacks (page 26)
- When you get good at jacks, try adding a fancy. A fancy is an extra round at the end of a game. It makes the game a little harder. Jack Be Nimble, Around the World, or Black Widow are some fancies.
decorative Decorative.
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This is a fancy shawl.
Of a superior grade.
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This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.
execute Executed with skill.
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He initiated the game winning play with a fancy, deked saucer pass to the winger.
puhekieltä Unnecessarily complicated.
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Im not keen on him and his fancy ideas.''
puhekieltä Extravagant; above real value.
Macaulay
- This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his Frederick the Great's father to pay fancy prices for giants.
puhekieltä To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
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I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.
puhekieltä would like
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I fancy a burger tonight for dinner
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Do you fancy going to town this weekend?
puhekieltä To be sexually attracted to.
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I fancy that girl over there.
puhekieltä To imagine, suppose.
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I fancy youll want something to drink after your long journey.''
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Fancy meeting you here!
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Fancy that! I saw Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy kissing in the garden.
- If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know.
Thackeray
- He fancied he was welcome, because those around him were his kinsmen.
1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X
- I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
Dryden
- he whom I fancy, but can ne'er express
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
- We fancy not the cardinal.
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