How often poor Nancy Nelson heard those words, and how they cut her to the heart.
A Little Miss Nobody|Amy Bell Marlowe
Nancy glanced through the open barn door toward the house, and came a step nearer to the old man.
Pollyanna|Eleanor H. Porter
"Yes, ma'am," sighed Nancy, picking up the half-dried pitcher—now so cold it must be rinsed again.
Pollyanna|Eleanor H. Porter
What an ordeal this was getting to be, and how lucky was Nancy, comfortably seated before the fire!
Tutors' Lane|Wilmarth Lewis
Nancy was weaving at the window—Mary had taught her, and she gave the impression, sitting there, of having looms in her blood.
The Shield of Silence|Harriet T. Comstock
British Dictionary definitions for Nancy (1 of 2)
nancy
/ (ˈnænsɪ) /
nounplural-cies
an effeminate or homosexual boy or man
(as modifier)his nancy ways
Also called: nancy boy
Word Origin for nancy
C20: from the girl's name Nancy
British Dictionary definitions for Nancy (2 of 2)
Nancy
/ (ˈnænsɪ, Frenchˈnɑ̃si) /
noun
a city in NE France: became the capital of the dukes of Lorraine in the 12th century, becoming French in 1766; administrative and financial centre. Pop: 103 605 (1999)