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fanny

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fanny/ˈfani/

▶noun (pl. fannies)

1 Brit. vulgar slang a woman's genitals.

2 N. Amer. informal a person's buttocks.

▶verb (fannies, fannying, fannied) (fanny about/around) Brit. informal mess around and waste time.

– origin C19: of unknown origin.

'fanny' also found in these Oxford entries:

FA - Fanny Adams - fanny pack - sweet Fanny Adams

Forum discussions with the word(s) "fanny" in the title:

"you switch a mean fanny round in a kitchen"?
funny/fanny
He had to work his fanny off to rise above the pedestrian
to fanny about
To have a wart on one's fanny - Set phrase

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