Noun: Nancy
| Singular | Nancy |
| Plural | Nancies; Nancys |
Sample Sentences
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HAWKER, the Australian, who is to handle the Sopwith plane, predicts that any fast steamer out of New York will have no difficulty in beating the “Nancies” of the United States Navy. [1919 May 8, “The Waiting Airmen”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:]
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Funny peculiar: Ganymede promising latitude, if not liberation. The Boy Done Good. For Nancies. He might, however, mean something vastly different for Normals, who are quietly - one could even say covertly - being invited to role model their increasing redundant selves on that darling petal Leonardo DeCaprio.^([sic]) [1998 April 2, John Lyttle, “By Zeus, are you ready for the golden boy - Ganymede Redux?”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025:]
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In Ashes to Ashes, DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), the Neanderthal copper from 1973, has moved to London from Manchester to show the 'southern Nancys' a thing or two about policing. [2008 January 20, Beth Willis, “Ashes to Ashes: Life after Mars”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2010:]
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Get up you sad Nancies! [2025, S.E. Case, chapter 1, in Rigsby WI, volume 1: Foothold, →ISBN, retrieved 28 Aug 2025, page 89:]
Nouns inflected like Nancy
shindy,
blowdry,
Furby,
hully gully,
Benny,
Becky,
caeremony,
caerimony,
Nancy,
Nippy,
ceremony,
cerimony,
cæremony,
cærimony,
catenby,
negative Nancy,
stage-door Johnny,
negative nancy,
blow dry,
blow-dry, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Medieval diminutive of Ann and Agnes. Compare Betsy, Patsy.