Ponces - English meaning
Ponces – definitions in English dictionary
nounA pretentious, affected, or effete man.
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You know you love prancing around like a ponce with new clothes.nounA man who lives off a prostitute's earnings.
Usage examples:
A colleague, faced with sentencing a living on immoral earnings charge, whispered to the clerk ‘how…
verbSeek to obtain (something) without paying for it or doing anything in return.
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I ponced a ciggie off herverbLive off a prostitute's earnings.
Usage examples:
He was arrested for poncing on the girl
nounA man who controls prostitutes and takes a large part of the money that they earn for himself
Usage examples:
Don't be such a ponce! pick the spider up - it won't hurt you!
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Word origin
late 19th century: perhaps from the verb pounce1.
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