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  • 1Passing Fancy — Directed by Yasujirō Ozu Produced by Shochiku Kinema Written by Yasujirō Ozu (alias James Maki) (story) Tadao Ikeda (screenplay) …

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  • 2passing fancy —    If you have a passing fancy for something, you become fond of it for a short time.     My father started collecting stamps a few years ago, but it was just a passing fancy …

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  • 3passing fancy — Synonyms and related words: boutade, brainstorm, calf love, capriccio, caprice, case, conceit, crank, craze, crazy idea, crotchet, crush, fad, fancy, fantastic notion, fantasy, flimflam, fool notion, freak, freakish inspiration, harebrained idea …

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  • 4A Passing Fancy — were a popular Toronto band from the mid 1960s fronted by singer/songwriter and guitarist Jay Telfer, today publisher and editor of the antique collector s magazine Wayback Times , and Dr. Brian Price president of In The Game Hockey Cards.Early… …

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  • 5A Passing Fancy (Frasier episode) — Infobox Television episode | Title = A Passing Fancy Series = Frasier Season = 8 Episode = 22 Airdate = 15 May 2001 Production = Writer = Jon Sherman Director = Kelsey Grammer Guests = Prev = Semi Decent Proposal Next = A Day in May A Passing… …

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  • 6passing fancy — liking which lasts for a short time …

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  • 7Passing — may refer to:ociology*Passing (sociology), presenting oneself as a member of another sociological group *Passing (gender), presenting oneself as a member of the opposite gender *Passing (racial identity), presenting oneself as a member of another …

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  • 8fancy — 1 verb fancied, fancying (T) 1 LIKE/WANT especially BrE to like or want something, or want to do something: Fancy a quick drink, Emma? 2 SEXUAL ATTRACTION BrE informal to feel sexually attracted to someone: All the girls fancied him like mad. 3… …

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  • 9fancy — I n. 1) to take a fancy to 2) to catch, strike, take (BE), tickle smb. s fancy 3) a passing fancy 4) a flight of fancy II v. 1) (d; tr.) ( to like ) to fancy as (I don t fancy him as an actor) 2) (G) ( to like ) I don t fancy going there 3) (G) ( …

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  • 10fancy — fan|cy1 S3 [ˈfænsi] v past tense and past participle fancied present participle fancying third person singular fancies [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(like/want)¦ 2¦(sexual attraction)¦ 3 fancy yourself 4 fancy yourself (as) something 5¦(think something will be… …

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