blood-red fancy

noun

Definitions

  1. A red neckerchief worn at prizefights to show support for a contender.

    • Roll of snow, six snooze cases, three narps, and a blood-red fancy.
    • But the witness persisted, and pulled out handkerchief after handkerchief, offering Birds'-eye Wipes and Blood-red Fancies with all the fervour of the good salesman loth to miss an opportunity; […]

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