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fan·ny

(făn′ē)

n. pl. fan·nies

1. Slang The buttocks.

2. Chiefly British Vulgar Slang The female genitals.

[Perhaps from Fanny, a nickname for Frances.]

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fanny

(ˈfænɪ)

n, pl -nies

1. taboo Brit the female genitals

2. chiefly US and Canadian the buttocks

[C20: perhaps from Fanny, pet name from Frances]

Usage: Despite the theory that this word derives from the name 'Fanny', its use in British English is still considered taboo by many people, and is likely to cause offence. In the US the word refers to the buttocks. Serious misunderstanding may therefore arise when what people in Britain know as a 'bumbag' is referred to in the US as a 'fanny pack'

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fan•ny

(ˈfæn i)

n., pl. -nies.

Informal. buttocks.

[1925–30]

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Noun	1.	fanny - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, bottom, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, bum, can, butt body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
	2.	fanny - external female sex organs; "in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals" female genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals female body - the body of a female human being female reproductive system - the reproductive system of females genital organ, genitalia, genitals, private parts, privates - external sex organ puss, slit, snatch - obscene terms for female genitals vulva - external parts of the female genitalia

fanny

noun

Slang. The part of one's back on which one rests in sitting:

buttock (used in plural), derrière, posterior, rump, seat.

Informal: backside, behind, bottom, rear.

Slang: bun (used in plural), tush.

Chiefly British: bum.

Translations

Fanny

FannyStefanie

Fanni

Fanny

Fanny

Fanny

[ˈfænɪ] N

1. (familiar form) of Frances

2. sweet Fanny Adams (Brit) → nada de nada, na' de na'

fanny

[ˈfænɪ] N

1. (Brit) (= vagina) → coño m, concha f (LAm)

2. (US) (= buttocks) → culo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

fanny

[ˈfæni] n

(US) (= buttocks) → cul m

(British) (= vagina) → chatte f

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fanny

(esp US inf) → Po m (inf)

(Brit sl) → Möse f (vulg)

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fanny

[ˈfænɪ] n (Brit) (fam!) → figa (fam!) (Am) (fam) → culo

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'I wanted to see you, Fanny dear; and as I am going out all day to- morrow, and knew you might be engaged all day to-day, I thought--'

Of course you have got something on your mind about me?' said Fanny. She spoke as if her sister, between two and three years her junior, were her prejudiced grandmother.

'Well, Amy?' said Fanny, doing as the rest did; 'what were you going to say?'

'Since you told me a lady had given you the bracelet you showed me, Fanny, I have not been quite easy on your account, and indeed want to know a little more if you will confide more to me.'

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Fanny left the room with a very sorrowful heart; she could not feel the difference to be so small, she could not think of living with her aunt with anything like satisfaction.

The news was as disagreeable to Fanny as it had been unexpected.

"I hope I am not ungrateful, aunt," said Fanny modestly.

Norris, which happened when Fanny was about fifteen, and necessarily introduced alterations and novelties.

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"Now, don't be cross; and I 'll get mamma to let you have that horrid Ned Miller, that you are so fond of, come and make you a visit after Polly 's gone," said Fanny, hoping to soothe his ruffled feelings.

"Do go along, or you 'll be too late; and then, what will Polly think of me?" cried Fanny, with the impatient poke which is peculiarly aggravating to masculine dignity.

"If I was the President, I 'd make a law to shut up all boys till they were grown; for they certainly are the most provoking toads in the world," said Fanny, as she watched the slouchy figure of her brother strolling down the street.

"Oh, Fan told me you 'd got curly hair, and a funny nose, and kept whistling, and wore a gray cap pulled over your eyes; so I knew you directly." And Polly nodded at him in the most friendly manner, having politely refrained from calling the hair "red," the nose "a pug," and the cap "old," all of which facts Fanny had carefully impressed upon her memory.