ponce

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They unfortunately chose clips of Mel Ferrar where he was dressed like an 18th Century ponce, but then followed it with a breathtaking shot of a nearly-naked Sam Bottoms that really made you miss him.

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  1. someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
  2. a man who is effeminate in his manner and fussy in the way he dresses

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  • True, in later life he did give himself over to empire building with the construction of Disneyland and the planning of what became known as Disney World and EPCOT - endeavors that, it should be noted, were not without their own aesthetic components - and he became something of a cheerleader for industrial capital and a ponce for the more misguided strains of post-war anti-Communism. —  GreenCine Daily
  • After a week of watching the Democrats ponce around in the Denver Temple of O, Republicans couldn't believe it when John McCain-who's done his share of poncing around over the years-delivered up Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) as his running mate. —  American Thinker
  • In my humble opinion Brunt is on of several people in our team who hide, ponce about, and neither support the defence, or the front two. —  Express & Star
  • [Ponzi ponce Bernie Madoff arrives at Manhattan Federal Court today for a bail hearing, wearing a bulletproof vest; image via Splash] —  Gawker: Valleywag
  • [Ponzi ponce Bernie Madoff arrives at Manhattan Federal Court today for a bail hearing (Update: He's not going to jail), wearing a bulletproof vest; image via Splash] oyvehisyou's new line beats the original, —  Gawker
 

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