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- noun chiefly UK, idiomatic
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Examples
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Needless to say he knows sweet Fanny Adams about waiting for the 2am from Victoria to Purley...
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Teacher Kate Papps said they had specially purchased Fanny Adams underwear to wear on the outside of their costumes, and put a lot of effort into individualizing their hoops.
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Also found in British phrase sweet Fanny Adams which has an interesting history.
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And then one asked the other if she remembered how funnily Fanny Adams had managed in the affair, of laughing at the French Master, how six of them had been sent up to their bedrooms in disgrace, and when that detestable Williams came in and found them still laughing, how she scolded them all, and how Fanny Adams put some Eau-de-Cologne to her eyes, which nearly blinded her, and made her eyes water very much, and so deceived Miss Williams that she pardoned her, though all the rest were left in disgrace.
Brotherly Love Shewing That as Merely Human It May Not Always Be Depended Upon 1813
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