Fanny
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,883 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,727 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on also: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum he deserves a good kick in the buttare you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- external female sex organs also: female genitalia, female genitals, female genital organ in England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals
Fanny in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Eva and Fanny are all wrong about it.
The Portion of Labor · Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman · Chapter 1
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So that not liking to leave Fanny alone, it was agreed they both should accompany her.
A Book for the Young · Sarah French · Chapter 2
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He could talk with her about Fanny almost better than he could talk with Fanny about Charlotte.
The Golden Bowl — Volume 1 · Henry James · Chapter 3
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It was Tommy Drake and Fanny Marsh that furnished the sugar—nice children, the nicest at the post, I think.
A Horse's Tale · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Christmas, however, always brings up to me my cousin Fanny; I suppose because she always was so foolish about Christmas.
The Burial of the Guns · Thomas Nelson Page · Chapter 1