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(făn'ē) 
n. Slang, pl., -nies.
The buttocks.
n. Slang, pl., -nies.
The buttocks.
[Perhaps from Fanny, a nickname for Frances.]
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- fanny
noun, mainly Brit
1: The female genitals. (1879 —) .
J. Joyce Two lads in scoutsch breeches went through her...before she had a hint of a hair at her fanny to hide (1939).
2:orig and mainly US The buttocks, backside. (1928 —) .
N. Shute I'd never be able to think of John and Jo again if we just sat tight on our fannies and did nothing (1960).
[Origin unknown.] - fanny
noun
1: Glib talk, a tall story. (1933 —) .
G. Kersh A Guardsman comes to Bill with some Fanny about needing some cash (1942).verb trans .
2: To deceive or persuade with glib talk. (1949 —) .
A. Prior They could not fanny Norris into thinking they believed he might have been out to a woman (1965).
[Origin unknown.]
| fancy woman, fancy pants, fancy man | |
| fanny about, fantabulous, far-out |
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Fanny is a female given name, derived from Frances. It may also refer to:
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Fictional characters
- Little Annie Fanny, a comic strip created by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder for Playboy magazine
- Fanny (Guilty Gear), a video game character
- Fanny (Sesame Street)
- Fanny Hill, the protagonist of Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, an erotic novel by John Cleland
- Fanny Price, heroine of Jane Austen's 1814 novel Mansfield Park
- Lord Fanny, from the DC Comics series The Invisibles
- Madame Fanny La Fan, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
- Aunt Fanny, a comic character played by Fran Allison on the radio show Don McNeill's Breakfast Club
- Aunt Fanny, a character in Robots (film), a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film
- Aunt Fanny, a character in Enid Blyton's The Famous Five (series)
- Fanny Ekdahl, a character in Ingmar Bergman's 1982 film Fanny and Alexander
Stage names
- Fanny (artist) (born 1968), Scottish musician Fraser Runciman
- Fanny (singer), French singer
Plays and films
- Fanny, 1932 play written by Marcel Pagnol, which spawned several adaptations:
- Fanny (1932 film), featuring Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, and Orane Demazis
- The Black Whale, a 1934 German adaptation
- Fanny (musical), 1954 Broadway musical based on several Pagnol plays, including Fanny
- Fanny (1961 film), 1961 non-musical film based on the 1954 musical, starring Leslie Caron and Horst Buchholz
- Fanny, alternate title of Fany (film), 1995 Czech production featuring Jiřina Bohdalová
In music
- Fanny (band)
- Fanny (artist)
- "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)", a single from the Bee Gees album Main Course
Ships
- CSS Fanny, a Confederate gunboat in the American Civil War
- Fanny (1812 privateer), Liverpool privateer
In slang
- A British, South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Irish term for the female vulva
- A North American term for the buttocks
Places
- Fanny Township, Polk County, Minnesota
- Fanny, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
- 821 Fanny, asteroid
Other uses
- Fanny, a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
- Fanny the elephant, a former circus elephant that lived in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
- Fanny's, a restaurant in Evanston, Illinois
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Fanny
Dansk (Danish)
n. - numse, bagdel, kogekar, historie
idioms:
- fanny pack bæltepung
Nederlands (Dutch)
kont, vagina (plat)
Français (French)
n. - (GB) rien du tout (arg), (US) derrière, fesses (arg), (GB) chatte (vulg)
idioms:
- fanny about glander
- fanny around glander
- fanny pack sac banane
Deutsch (German)
n. - Po, (vulg.) weibl. Genitalien
idioms:
- fanny about (Sl) herumalbern, Zeit vergeuden
- fanny around (Sl) herumalbern, Zeit vergeuden
- fanny pack Gürteltasche
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (χυδ.) αιδοίο, (ΗΠΑ) πισινός
idioms:
- fanny pack (Βρετ.) τσαντάκι που στερεώνεται στη ζώνη
idioms:
- fanny pack cinghia portafogli
Português (Portuguese)
n. - nádegas (f pl), genitália (f) feminina (pej.)
idioms:
- fanny pack bolsa que se coloca na cintura
idioms:
- fanny pack поясная сумка
Español (Spanish)
n. - culo, genitales femeninos, nalgas
idioms:
- fanny about engañar
- fanny around engañar
- fanny pack riñonera
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fitta (vulg.), rumpa
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
屁股
idioms:
- fanny pack 腰包
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 屁股
idioms:
- fanny pack 腰包
idioms:
- fanny pack リュックサック
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) أعضاء الجنس للأنثى
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ישבן, איברי המין
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