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Ponce

//pɒns// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city and municipality in the south of Puerto Rico, United States.
Noun
  1. 1
    A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.; Synonym of kept man. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
  2. 2
    The stomach of a pig, especially when stuffed as chaudin (a Louisianan food). Commonwealth, Ireland, Louisiana, UK, derogatory, slang

    "STUFFED "PONCE" 1 small hog ponce 3 lbs . ground pork 1 large bell pepper, chopped 1 large onion head chopped […]"

  3. 3
    someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce) wordnet
  4. 4
    A man living off another's earnings, especially a woman's.; Synonym of pimp, especially one hired by a prostitute as a tout, bodyguard, and driver. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
  5. 5
    a man who is effeminate in their manner and fussy in the way they dress wordnet
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  1. 6
    Synonym of poof: an effeminate gay man; any similarly effeminate man. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang

    "Thanks Don, see you Don, off to sunny Spain now Don, fuck off Don. Lying in your pool like a fat blob laughing at me, you think I'm gonna have that? You really think I'm gonna have that, ya ponce."

Verb
  1. 1
    To act as a pimp. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
  2. 2
    To try to get rid of or sell something. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, derogatory, slang
  3. 3
    To borrow (something) from somebody without returning it. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
  4. 4
    To cadge. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang
  5. 5
    To behave in a posh or effeminate manner. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang

    "The interior was warm and dim, cluttered with flying brass pigs and poncing felt mannequins."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).

Etymology 2

Uncertain, but probably an aphetic form of French alphonse (“kept man”), from the male given name Alphonse. Also sometimes connected to pounce or French pensionnaire (“pensioner, person living without working”).

Etymology 3

From French panse (“belly”).

Etymology 4

From Spanish Ponce.

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